East Grafton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 2018. War memorial.
East Grafton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- swift-moulding-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- East Grafton War Memorial, Outside St Nicholas' Churchyard, the Green, SN8 3DB
- OS grid reference
- SU 257 603
- Coordinates
- 51.34166, -1.63234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
East Grafton War Memorial is a First World War memorial with additions for the Second World War. It is situated in the center of a gravel path within a circular landscaped area, right next to the Grade II-listed Lychgate and Railings at the entrance to the parish churchyard. To the south-east lies the Grade II*-listed Church of St Nicholas.
The memorial is made of granite and features a tall, Celtic wheel-head cross adorned with interlaced knot work designs carved in relief on the cross-head and part of the shaft. The segments of the wheel between the cross arms display the inscription, "TO THE GLORY OF GOD" in incised lettering. The cross stands on a tapering four-sided plinth, which is placed on a rectangular single-step base. The outward faces of the base are made of roughly-dressed stone with diagonal lines carved into them.
The plinth features inscriptions and names in incised lettering. The north-west face states, "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING DURING THE WAR 1939 – 1945" followed by six names. The names of those who died in the First World War are inscribed on the south-east face of the plinth, which reads "1914 – 1918" followed by nineteen names.
Local climate
East Grafton War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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