War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 December 1997. Memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
waiting-flue-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 December 1997
Type
Memorial
Address
War Memorial, Borth
OS grid reference
SN 601 885
Coordinates
52.4767, -4.06025
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The War Memorial is a structure approximately 6 meters high, made of rough-hewn grey stone blocks. It has a square base consisting of three steps leading up to the main central monument, which measures about 1.2 meters square in plan and stands around 2 meters high. This section features a slightly projecting top stone course, above which massive blocks form a dome over a central pillar made of two blocks, topped with a stone cross. The pillar is roughly 0.5 meters square and about 3 meters high, including the cross.

On the northeast side of the main monument, there are two plaques. The original slate plaque honors those who died in the First World War. Below it is a smaller plaque that notes damage to the memorial caused by a 'thunderbolt' on March 21st, 1983, and its subsequent re-erection through public subscription in 1984. A third plaque, which commemorates the dead of the Second World War, is located beneath these on the top two steps of the northeast side.

Local climate

War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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