Buckland Newton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 2015. Memorial.
Buckland Newton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sheer-lintel-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 2015
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Buckland Newton War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of Holy Rood, DT2 7BZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 687 052
- Coordinates
- 50.84616, -2.44534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Buckland Newton War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Rood, which is a Grade I-listed building. Positioned near the entrance gate and in front of the church tower, the memorial features a rough-hewn granite Celtic cross with a plain wheel-head, standing approximately 2 meters tall. A reversed sword is carved in relief on the front face of the cross. The cross shaft is set on a simple plinth, which in turn rests on a square base at ground level. The plinth has inscriptions in dressed panels using applied metal lettering.
On the north-west face, the inscription reads: "THIS CROSS HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF BUCKLAND NEWTON IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918" followed by 15 names. The south-west face lists "1939-1945" with 3 names and "1914-1918" with 1 name.
Local climate
Buckland Newton War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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