Woughton on the Green War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 2018. War memorial. 4 related planning applications.
Woughton on the Green War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-cinder-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central MP: Emily Darlington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Woughton on the Green War Memorial Cross, C20m West of St Mary's Church, Newport Road, Old Woughton, MK6 3BW
- OS grid reference
- SP 876 375
- Coordinates
- 52.02983, -0.72373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The granite memorial cross is located on the verge on the east side of Newport Road, aligned with the west tower of the Church of St Mary, which is listed at Grade II*. It features a simple wheel-head cross with decorative roundels incised into the cross-head. The cross-shaft is set on a tapering pedestal and a single granite step. The front face of the pedestal has a dedicatory inscription that reads "FOR RIGHT AND LIBERTY/ 1914 + 1918" followed by four names.
Local climate
Woughton on the Green War Memorial Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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