War Memorial in grounds of Church of Saint Catherine is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 2002. War memorial.

War Memorial in grounds of Church of Saint Catherine

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 March 2002
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial in grounds of Church of Saint Catherine, Gorseinon
OS grid reference
SS 586 987
Coordinates
51.66931, -4.04521
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The war memorial is a tall granite monolith shaped like a Celtic cross, featuring Celtic interlace and ropemould decoration. It stands on a tapered rock-faced granite plinth that includes an inscription. The memorial is set on a square granite base with two steps leading up to it.

Local climate

War Memorial in grounds of Church of Saint Catherine sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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