Wroughton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 2015. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Wroughton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- deep-remnant-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Wroughton War Memorial, Junction of Wharf Road and Hall Close, Wiltshire, SN4 9LB
- OS grid reference
- SU 143 805
- Coordinates
- 51.52336, -1.79465
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wroughton War Memorial is located on rising ground in front of the library. This tall memorial is made of Portland stone and features a floriate equal-armed cross set on a tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft rises from a chamfered square plinth, which sits on a three-stepped square base. Five shallow, broad steps lead up to the memorial from the pavement, creating a wide apron at the roadside.
All inscriptions on the memorial are incised and painted in black enamel. The main inscription on the front of the plinth reads: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. THEIR NAMES LIVE FOR EVERMORE AND THOSE OF THE 2ND WORLD WAR 1939 · 1945" (listing 2 names). The names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the other faces of the plinth, while the front face of the top step of the base carries the names of those who fell in the Second World War. The lower step of the base features a shallow outsailing cornice to provide extra space for wreaths.
Local climate
Wroughton War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings