Lower Brailes War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 2013. War memorial.
Lower Brailes War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- strange-basalt-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 November 2013
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Lower Brailes War Memorial, On the Green Off High Street (N Side), Warwickshire
- OS grid reference
- SP 314 392
- Coordinates
- 52.05081, -1.54216
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lower Brailes War Memorial is a sandstone structure built in 1920, designed by an unknown architect.
The memorial features an octagonal platform, approximately 1.5 meters across, supporting a floriated cross with cusped arms and circular embellishments. This cross is set atop a slender, tapering octagonal shaft, which is placed on a moulded base that rests on a tall, rectangular plinth with neatly-moulded and recessed corners. The plinth is elevated on an octagonal platform consisting of three steps.
Inscriptions are presented in a neat Serif font with black lettering. The south face of the base commemorates those who died in the First World War, stating: "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 / FROM THE PARISH OF / BRAILES AND WINDERTON," followed by the names of 15 fallen soldiers. Below this, it reads: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN / THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN / HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS / S. JOHN XV 13."
Moving anti-clockwise, the next face lists the dates 1939-1945, along with the names of three individuals who lost their lives in the Second World War. This section concludes with the inscription: "THESE MEN ALSO MADE THE SUPREME / SACRIFICE LAYING DOWN THEIR LIVES / THAT WE MAY LIVE."
Local climate
Lower Brailes War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Church of St George
- George Hotel and Attached Carriage Entrance and Barn
- Row of 13 Headstones Along South Wall of Chancel of Church of St George
- Brailes Post Office and Old Post Cottage
- Century House
- Sunny Villa
- Saddler's Thatch
- Midway, Northview and Garage Part to Right
- Church of England School
- Old Rectory Farmhouse and Attached Roman Catholic Chapel of Saint Peter and Saint Paul