Drayton St Leonard War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 2016. War memorial.
Drayton St Leonard War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- unlit-gable-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Drayton St Leonard War Memorial, High Street, OX10 7BG
- OS grid reference
- SU 596 962
- Coordinates
- 51.66202, -1.13845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Drayton St Leonard War Memorial, made of Clipsham limestone, is situated on the High Street in Drayton St Leonard. It features a Latin cross atop an octagonal tapering shaft, which stands on a three-stepped octagonal base.
The base displays inscriptions in black-painted lettering. One side is dedicated to those who gave their lives in the Great War, reading: "IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR." Another side notes the years 1914 – 1918 and includes the phrase "R.I.P." Each of the five sides is inscribed with the name of an individual who fell in the First World War.
Additionally, an inscription for the years 1939 – 1945, along with a name, was added later on another side.
Local climate
Drayton St Leonard 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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