War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 2012. Memorial. 6 related planning applications.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- guardian-loggia-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 2012
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, High Street, Hawkesbury Upton
- OS grid reference
- ST 779 869
- Coordinates
- 51.58087, -2.31895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial is a monument in the form of a wheel cross with flared arms, positioned above a finely-carved moulded collar. It stands on a tapering hexagonal shaft, which is set on a three-tiered base featuring mouldings and offsets. The entire structure is approximately 5 meters high and is placed on a platform of three steps. The upper section of the base is inscribed with the words "TO THE / GLORY OF / GOD" on the principal face, while the other faces are blank. Below this, the base bears the inscription "AND IN PROUD AND / LOVING MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF / HAWKESBURY / WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND / 1914-1918," along with the names of 32 individuals who fell in World War One. The principal face of the lowest part of the base is inscribed with "1939-1945," and the flanking faces list the names of those who died in World War Two.
Surrounding the memorial is a wall made of rubble stone, which is brought to course and encloses a hexagonal area. The walls feature moulded copings, and the corner piers have pyramidal caps. The space between the memorial platform and the wall is paved. At the entrance to the enclosure, there is a wrought-iron gate that carries the inscription "LEST WE FORGET." Adjacent to the gate is a plaque that reads "REMEMBERED / WITH GRATITUDE / 50 YEARS ON / 1995."
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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