War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 October 2004. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- patient-plinth-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 October 2004
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Upper High Street, Thame
- OS grid reference
- SP 709 056
- Coordinates
- 51.74524, -0.97433
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Thame was built in 1920 and is made of Portland stone with bronze plaques. It features a square base with a short stone pier at each corner. Four shallow stone steps lead up to a large square stone with battered sides, which has a prominent bronze plaque on the front listing the names of all those from Thame who died in the Great War. Above this, the chamfered top of the stone supports a smaller battered stone with an additional inscription. Further up, there is an octagonal stone with a moulded base and carved entablature. The three front faces of this stone display bronze panels inscribed with the names of those who died in the Second World War. At the top, there is a tall Saxon cross with an octagonal shaft, featuring a band of quatrefoils at the base and blind arcading above. The memorial was unveiled by the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, on 30th July, 1921.
Local climate
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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