Brimpton War Memorial, West Berkshire is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Brimpton War Memorial, West Berkshire
- WRENN ID
- dusk-lead-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SU 557 647
- Coordinates
- 51.37931, -1.19971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brimpton War Memorial is a war memorial unveiled in 1921, made of Cornish granite. It stands approximately 12 feet high and features a Celtic cross atop a tapering shaft, which rests on a two-stepped octagonal plinth. Surrounding the memorial is an oval-shaped course of stone walls and railings, with an opening to the north that is believed to be a 21st-century addition and is not included in the listing assessment. The front, or north face, of the shaft is inscribed with the following text:
"THESE MEN/ OF BRIMPTON/ WHOSE NAMES ARE/ HERE INSCRIBED/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR FREEDOM/ AND HONOUR/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE."
Additionally, the top step of the plinth was later inscribed with "1939-1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Brimpton War Memorial, West Berkshire receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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