Malmesbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 2017. A 20th Century War memorial.

Malmesbury War Memorial

WRENN ID
lapsed-lime-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 2017
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
ST 930 874
Coordinates
51.58548, -2.10141
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Malmesbury War Memorial is a cross built in 1921, designed by Henry Stafford de Bertodano and constructed by Messrs Webb & Son of Chippenham. It is made of dressed Portland, Blue Pennant, and Hopton Wood stone.

The memorial features a war memorial cross on a three-stepped square base, topped with a square tapering plinth. The Celtic wheel cross is inspired by the cross of St Martin from the island of Iona and is adorned with intricate carved Celtic designs on both the cross and the shaft. The plinth includes moulded relief panels on the north and south faces, inscribed with "1914 1919/ TO/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ (NAMES)." The east and west faces bear the names of the fallen.

Located at the center of a road junction, the memorial is protected at its four corners by painted bollards.

Local climate

Malmesbury War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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