War memorial at the Church of St Andrew, Cheddar is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 2016. War memorial.
War memorial at the Church of St Andrew, Cheddar
- WRENN ID
- bitter-clay-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War memorial at the Church of St Andrew, Cheddar, Church Street
- OS grid reference
- ST 459 529
- Coordinates
- 51.27305, -2.77599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial at the Church of St Andrew in Cheddar is a First World War memorial, built in 1920. It was designed by architect Fred E Openshaw and crafted by Harry Hems and Sons of Exeter, using Doulting stone.
The memorial is styled like a medieval preaching cross. It features a closed lantern head with corner pinnacles and a central finial, both heavily decorated with crocketting. Two opposing faces of the lantern display relief carvings of the Crucifixion and the Virgin and Child, while the other two faces depict St George and St Michael in relief. The lantern sits on a foliate capital above a tapering shaft that has elaborate chamfers and stops, all resting on a moulded, square plinth. The entire structure is elevated on a two-stepped platform, with the upper step featuring a moulded foot. The plinth includes carved inscriptions in a Serif font. The front face is inscribed with the words: PRAISE GOD AND REMEMBER / THE MEN OF CHEDDAR / WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919. The other three faces list the names of the 33 men who lost their lives in the conflict.
Local climate
War memorial at the Church of St Andrew, Cheddar receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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