Aston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 2018. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Aston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- proud-frieze-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Aston War Memorial, the Square, Bampton, Cote, Shifford and Chimney, OX18 2DL
- OS grid reference
- SP 340 030
- Coordinates
- 51.72496, -1.50826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Aston War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1919, with names added after the Second World War. It is made of Portland stone and is located on the small village green in the center of Aston. The memorial features a slim Latin cross, with octagonal arms that end in splayed mouldings. This cross is supported by a tapering octagonal shaft, which rises from a broached square plinth set upon a three-stepped octagonal base.
The north and south faces of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the fallen, listed without their ranks. The main dedication on the western face reads: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." On the eastern face, there is an additional inscription: "TRUE LOVE BY LIFE TRUE LOVE BY DEATH – IS TRIED LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND WE FOR ENGLAND DIED."
Local climate
Aston War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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