War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 October 2000. War memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
lapsed-clay-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 October 2000
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, Mathern, Chepstow
OS grid reference
ST 517 917
Coordinates
51.62238, -2.69814
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The War Memorial is made of Bath limestone ashlar and is designed in the shape of a preaching cross. It features a base with three octagonal steps that decrease in size. Both the base of the cross and the tapered shaft are octagonal. The cross includes a moulded base and finials, along with chamfered sides.

Local climate

War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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