Headington Quarry War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 2017. War memorial.
Headington Quarry War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- shifting-gargoyle-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Headington Quarry War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Trinity Road, OX3 8LH
- OS grid reference
- SP 554 068
- Coordinates
- 51.75762, -1.19812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Headington Quarry War Memorial is a limestone structure standing approximately 4.5 meters high, located prominently in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church.
Facing east, the memorial features a Calvary cross adorned with fleur-de-lys at the angles and a sculpted figure of Christ on the cross. The cross is mounted on a tapering octagonal column with carved broach stops at its base. A sculpted band resembling intertwining branches encircles the top of the column, possibly symbolizing Christ’s crown of thorns. This column rests on a hexagonal pedestal, also with carved broach stops, which is set upon a three-stepped octagonal base.
On the east-facing side of the pedestal, the years 1914 and 1918 are inscribed. The uppermost step bears the inscription: "TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR" on three sides. Additionally, the dates 1939 and 1945 have been added to the north-facing side of the pedestal.
Local climate
Headington Quarry 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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