Great Elm War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 2016. War memorial.
Great Elm War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- floating-postern-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- ST 746 493
- Coordinates
- 51.24247, -2.36466
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Elm War Memorial is a First World War memorial made of Cornish granite. It features a wheel cross atop a tall shaft, which stands on an octagonal plinth with a square base. The cross is adorned with Celtic-knotwork carvings. On the south face of the shaft, there is a dedication that reads: 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918'. The names of the fallen servicemen are inscribed on the faces of the plinth.
Local climate
Great Elm War Memorial receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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