Wootton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 2017. Memorial. 3 related planning applications.
Wootton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- knotted-ledge-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Wootton War Memorial, Church Road, MK43 9HD
- OS grid reference
- TL 005 450
- Coordinates
- 52.09462, -0.53431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wootton War Memorial is situated on a green off Church Road in Wootton. It features a stone Latin cross atop a rectangular tapered shaft, which is set on a rectangular plinth. This is raised on a three-stepped base. The arms of the cross are supported by two decorated brackets, and the dates 1914 and 1919 are carved in relief on the cross.
Attached to the memorial are stone plaques; the one on the front of the plinth reads: "ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF WOOTTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR." The other sides display plaques inscribed with the names of those who fell.
Additionally, a plaque at the base of the shaft is inscribed with "1939 – 1945" followed by names.
Local climate
Wootton War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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