Purton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 2002. A Modern War memorial.
Purton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- unlit-wicket-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 2002
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Purton War Memorial, Hook Hill
- OS grid reference
- SU 090 876
- Coordinates
- 51.58726, -1.87091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Purton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built around 1920. It is made of limestone and features a four-stage stepped polygonal base. On top of this base is a square pedestal with broached corners, which supports a tall polygonal shaft topped with a Latin cross. The pedestal is adorned with a wreath carved in relief, while the stepped base includes a bronze wreath and the names of those who were killed in the Second World War. This memorial is a notable example of a First World War commemorative structure.
Local climate
Purton War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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