North Crawley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 2018. War memorial. 3 related planning applications.
North Crawley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tall-cobalt-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- North Crawley War Memorial, C 35m North of St Firmin's Church, High Street, MK16 9LL
- OS grid reference
- SP 926 446
- Coordinates
- 52.09285, -0.64841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The North Crawley War Memorial stands outside the Church of St Firmin, on the southern side of the square off the High Street. Built in Portland stone, the memorial is a tall Latin cross raised on an octagonal base, which itself sits on three octagonal steps. Decorative blind Gothic arcading carved in low relief adorns the cross shaft just below the head and at the foot. Four white stone tablets have been added, one to each face of the base. The front (north) face bears the inscription "IN PROUD AND AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE MEN OF NORTH CRAWLEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 1939-45" followed by three names. A dedication appears on the rear face, reading: "SONS OF THIS PEACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP.” The names of those who died in the First World War are listed on the west and east faces.
Local climate
North Crawley War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2010
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- Radon risk assessment
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