Aston Rowant War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2017. War memorial.
Aston Rowant War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- muffled-cornice-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Aston Rowant War Memorial, St Peter and St Paul's Churchyard, Church Lane
- OS grid reference
- SU 726 990
- Coordinates
- 51.68522, -0.95023
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Aston Rowant War Memorial is a First World War memorial with later additions, situated in the churchyard of the parish church, just north of the tower of the Grade II*-listed Church of St Peter and St Paul.
The memorial features a tall stone Latin cross that rises from a square plinth with a splayed foot, all resting on a single-step base set on a stone slab. The cross-head is inset at the arms and includes the monogram IHS within a circle, carved in relief at the center. Each face of the plinth has metal plaques with white lettering that display inscriptions and names.
The main inscription is located on the south face and reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 – 1918/ 1939 – 1945/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE." The names of ten individuals who died in the First World War are listed on the plaques on the east and west faces of the plinth, under the dates 1914-1918. The remaining four casualties are recorded on two plaques attached to the north face of the base.
Additionally, the plaque on the north face of the plinth commemorates five individuals who died in the Second World War, listed under the dates 1939-1945.
Local climate
Aston Rowant 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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