Castlethorpe 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. 2 related planning applications.
Castlethorpe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-flint-grain
- 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
- Castlethorpe War Memorial, C30m East of the Church of St Simon and St Jude, North Street, MK19 7EW
- OS grid reference
- SP 799 445
- Coordinates
- 52.09314, -0.83443
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Castlethorpe War Memorial is a 5-meter tall structure made of Portland stone, located in the former village Pound, east of the Grade I-listed Church of St Simon and St Jude. The memorial features a tall, tapering pylon raised on a two-stage base. The plain lower stage is topped with a capped plinth that has curved, fluted, and buttressed corner stones. The square-sectioned pylon rises from this plinth and includes inset panels on each face. The cap of the pylon has a simple cornice with dentils and is topped by a short obelisk. The front face of the obelisk is decorated with a laurel wreath carved in relief.
The front face of the pylon bears the inscription: "TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF OUR BRAVE FALLEN (9 NAMES) 1939 – 1945 (1 NAME)." The other three faces are labeled "ROLL OF HONOUR" and list the names of servicemen who returned after serving in the First World War. Additionally, the front face of the upper stage of the base is dedicated with the inscription: "ERECTED IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918."
Local climate
Castlethorpe War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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