War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2007. A 1920 War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- iron-bastion-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 2007
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, the Green, Biddestone & Slaughterford, SN14 7DG
- OS grid reference
- ST 864 735
- Coordinates
- 51.4606, -2.19668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Biddestone was built in 1920 and is designed to honor local men who died in the World Wars. It features a granite base topped with a cross made of local limestone. The shaft and cross are octagonal in shape and stand approximately 3.2 meters high. They are raised on a chamfered plinth with pyramidal stops and a three-stepped platform made of rubble stone. The cross has three arms that are decorated with cusping, and the shaft is similarly embellished. The plinth is inscribed on all four sides, with the south side stating: "IN MEMORY OF / BIDDESTONE MEN / WHO DIED IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-19." The other three sides list the names of those who fell in both World Wars.
The memorial was dedicated in a ceremony in 1920, attended by local clergy and dignitaries, and it commemorates eleven men from the village who died in the First World War and three who lost their lives in World War II. This limestone cross, standing over 3 meters high, serves as a significant monument in a prominent location on the village green, reflecting the historical and cultural importance of war memorials in small communities across the country.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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