War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- secret-corbel-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Steeple Aston
- OS grid reference
- SP 477 254
- Coordinates
- 51.92592, -1.3067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Steeple Aston was designed in 1920 by F E Howard and was carved and erected in 1921 by Messrs Booth of Banbury. It is constructed from rubble stone and ashlar. The memorial features a cross that stands on an octagonal rubble stone base with a chamfered plinth. The three upper steps are inscribed with the names of those who died in both World Wars. An octagonal stone base supports an octagonal broached cross shaft, which is topped with a carved Gothic style cross adorned with foliate decoration. The memorial was dedicated during a service on July 31st, 1921, led by the Venerable Archdeacon Archer-Houblon, and was unveiled by Lord Valentia.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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