Kencot War Memorial, West Oxfordshire is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Kencot War Memorial, West Oxfordshire
- WRENN ID
- worn-brick-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SP 254 047
- Coordinates
- 51.74061, -1.6324
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kencot War Memorial, unveiled in 1921, is a stone structure dedicated to the memory of local soldiers who died in the World Wars. It features an octagonal tapering pillar topped with a dome, which stands on an octagonal plinth. This plinth is elevated by a four-stepped octagonal base, resting on an octagonal platform step with moulded edges.
On the south face of the plinth, the dates 1914 and 1918 are inscribed. The south-west panel of the octagonal platform bears the inscription: "TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR." The names of three soldiers who fell in the First World War are listed on the south panel of the platform. The south-east panel includes the inscription: "AND OF THOSE OTHERS WHO/ NOT LESS GALLANTLY SERVED/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SAME."
The west face of the plinth features the dates 1939 and 1945, and the name of the single soldier who fell in the Second World War is inscribed on the west panel of the bottom step of the base.
Local climate
Kencot War Memorial, West Oxfordshire receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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