Wheatley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 2015. War memorial.
Wheatley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- muffled-jamb-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Wheatley War Memorial, The Old Burial Ground, Bell Lane, OX33 1XT
- OS grid reference
- SP 595 057
- Coordinates
- 51.74685, -1.13888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wheatley War Memorial is a tall limestone structure designed in the form of a Greek cross with decorative arms and a moulded foot, rising from a tapering octagonal shaft. This shaft stands on a square plinth, which is set on a two-stage octagonal base, elevated by a shallow square step.
An inscription on the front face of the plinth states, "THIS MEMORIAL,/ ONCE AT/ MAGDALEN COLLEGE,/ COMMEMORATES THE INHABITANTS OF WHEATLEY WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN TWO WORLD WARS/ 1974." The sides of the plinth feature the dates "MCMXIV" and "MCMXVIII."
The three front faces of the top stage of the base display black slate tablets. The central plaque lists "1914 – 1918/ (12 NAMES)," while the side plaques each carry 12 names. A small plaque on the front face of the lower stage reads "2014/ THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN." Additionally, a slate plaque on the rear of the base notes "1939 – 1945/ (9 NAMES)." All inscriptions on these plaques are incised and painted white.
Local climate
Wheatley 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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