Market Lavington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 2018. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Market Lavington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- winding-bronze-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Market Lavington War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Mary's Church, Church Street, SN10 4DT
- OS grid reference
- SU 014 541
- Coordinates
- 51.28618, -1.98128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Lavington War Memorial is located in the churchyard outside the south porch of the Grade I-listed Church of St Mary. It is surrounded by several Grade II-listed churchyard monuments and is near a former school that is also listed Grade II. The memorial is a tall hooded cross made of Doulting limestone, standing approximately 4.5 meters high.
It features a two-stepped base with a plinth that has a step on each side. A small pedestal on the plinth supports an octagonal shaft, from which the hooded cross rises, resting on a moulded collar. The front and rear faces of the cross-head are adorned with a shield that has the monogram HIS carved in low relief. The arms of the cross are supported by small foliate brackets, and both the octagonal cross shaft and the chamfer of the pedestal are decorated with roses carved in relief.
The main dedicatory inscription, carved in relief around the faces of the plinth, reads "IN MEMORY OF/ OUR MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914–1919." On the faces of the pedestal, there are four slate tablets listing the names of the men who died in the First World War.
Additionally, two more inscribed slate tablets have been added to the steps next to the plinth. One tablet on the east commemorates the 11 men who died during the Second World War, including one identified as being from America. The other tablet on the south reads "IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY SINCE 1945."
The steps and the plinth are simply corniced to allow for the placement of wreaths and floral tributes.
Local climate
Market Lavington War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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