War Memorial Cross at St Saviour’s Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 December 2005. War memorial.
War Memorial Cross at St Saviour’s Church
- WRENN ID
- solemn-render-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 December 2005
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial Cross at St Saviour’s Church, Splott
- OS grid reference
- ST 201 766
- Coordinates
- 51.48353, -3.15155
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial Cross at St Saviour’s Church is a stone cross located in the churchyard. It features a gabled cross with a figure of Christ, which is supported by a tapering shaft. The base of the shaft is octagonal and includes a tablet with the inscription:
"To the glory of God this Calvary was erected in memory of those who died in the Great War 1914-1918 and restored to commemorate those who died in the 2nd World War and subsequent conflicts. May they rest in peace."
The memorial stands on a stepped and shaped octagonal plinth, which has additional tablets listing the names of the fallen.
Local climate
War Memorial Cross at St Saviour’s Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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