Ascot War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 2017. War memorial.
Ascot War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rusted-hammer-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Constituency
- Windsor MP: Jack Rankin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Ascot War Memorial, High Street, Berkshire, Sunninghill and Ascot, SL5 7JH
- OS grid reference
- SU 916 688
- Coordinates
- 51.41106, -0.68432
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ascot War Memorial is a tall structure made of Portland stone, located on the High Street outside the entrance to Ascot Racecourse Stables. It features a blind wheel-head cross atop an octagonal shaft and moulded foot, all resting on a base. The base consists of an octagonal drum with a shallow circular head, which is supported by a chamfered octagonal plinth raised on a low octagonal step.
The inscription "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" is carved in relief around part of the circular head of the base, with a blank scroll occupying the remaining space. The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the base reads "TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ASCOT WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914-1919." Names of those who died in the First World War are listed on the other faces of the base. The names from the Second World War, along with the dedication "ALSO TO THOSE WHO DIED 1939-1945," are inscribed on the chamfered plinth.
Local climate
Ascot War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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