Kintbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 2016. War memorial.
Kintbury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- seventh-wattle-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Kintbury War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Church Street, Hungerford, RG17 9TR
- OS grid reference
- SU 383 669
- Coordinates
- 51.40034, -1.45065
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kintbury War Memorial is a First World War memorial made of granite, located within the churchyard of St Mary’s Church. It features a wheel-head Calvary cross, with cross arms adorned with Celtic-style knotwork and a carved figure of Christ. The cross is mounted on a tapered shaft, which has an inscription on the front face in lead letters that reads: “WHO GAVE / HIMSELF / FOR ME” / IN PIOUS MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO / GAVE THEMSELVES / FOR THEIR / NATIVE LAND / 1914 – 1917 / (NAMES) / ON WHOSE SOUL / MAY THE LORD / HAVE MERCY AMEN. The back of the shaft includes the inscriptions: 1917 – 1918 / (NAMES) / 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES). The shaft stands on a hexagonal two-stepped base.
Local climate
Kintbury War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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