Winsley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 2016. War memorial.
Winsley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- night-flue-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Winsley War Memorial, Bradford Road, BA15 2LN
- OS grid reference
- ST 800 609
- Coordinates
- 51.34712, -2.28804
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Winsley War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes later additions for the Second World War. It features a Portland stone cross on a tall pillar that rises from an octagonal plinth, which is set on a three-stepped square base. A laurel wreath is carved in relief in the center of the cross.
Around the top of the plinth, the inscription reads "MEN OF WINSLEY PARISH WHO FELL DURING THE WAR ERECTED BY WINSLEY PARISHONERS." Below this, there is a dedication for the First World War on three faces. The first face states, "TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ WHO GRANTED/ VICTORY TO/ THE ARMS OF/ OUR COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919." The second face honors "THE HONOURED/ AND/ LASTING MEMORY/ OF THOSE MEN/ OF THE PARISH/ WHO LOST/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE CAMPAIGN," while the final face reads, "AS A TRIBUTE TO/ THE SERVICES OF/ 73 MEN WHO ALSO/ SERVED OVERSEAS/ AND WHO HAPPILY SURVIVED - 24/ OTHERS MOREOVER/ SERVED AT HOME." Three of the remaining faces of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the fallen, and two faces remain blank.
Additionally, there is a Second World War inscription on the top step of the base that reads "1939 – 1945 (NAMES)."
Local climate
Winsley War Memorial receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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