Village War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1989. Monument.
Village War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- former-niche-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1989
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Village War Memorial, Churchill
- OS grid reference
- SP 283 242
- Coordinates
- 51.91623, -1.5891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village War Memorial, likely built around 1920, is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a square plan set on a base of three steps. It has a chamfered plinth with a moulded string course at the bottom and a cornice at the top. The memorial is adorned with circular corner shafts that are topped with ball finials. At the top, there is a steep pyramidal cap with a ball finial, which includes gabled lucarnes with blind trefoils. Each side of the memorial has raised stone panels; the north side lists the names of those who died in the First World War, while the west side lists those who died in the Second World War. The south and east panels bear inscriptions: "TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE/BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE" and "YOU GAVE YOUR BEST/THEN LAID YOU WEARY DOWN/AND TOOK YOUR REST," respectively. This memorial is included for its group value.
Local climate
Village War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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