Old Marston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 2017. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Old Marston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stony-fireplace-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Old Marston War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas, Elsfield Road, OX3 0PR
- OS grid reference
- SP 527 088
- Coordinates
- 51.77581, -1.23737
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Marston War Memorial is a limestone structure erected in a prominent position to the left of the path leading to St Nicholas’s Church. It dates from the First World War, commemorating those who died between 1914 and 1918. The memorial consists of a corniced stone cross with a quatrefoil motif on its south-facing side. The tapering shaft is octagonal, featuring carved broach stops at its base. It stands on an octagonal plinth, itself set on a square, chamfered stone also with carved broach stops, and finally on a two-stepped square base. The total height of the memorial is approximately 2.75 metres. Inscribed on three faces of the octagonal base are the words "1914 / LEST / WE / FORGET / 1918" in capital letters. A further inscription on the riser of the top step reads: "THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED WITHIN THE CHURCH”.
Local climate
Old Marston 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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