Broughton Gifford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 2016. War memorial.
Broughton Gifford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- high-slate-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Broughton Gifford War Memorial, Junction of the Street and Melksham Lane, Melksham, SN12 8LX
- OS grid reference
- ST 875 640
- Coordinates
- 51.37568, -2.1802
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Broughton Gifford War Memorial is a stone obelisk with iron railings, commemorating those who served in the First and Second World Wars. The obelisk features a pediment set on a tapering square plinth, raised on a six-stepped base. Inscriptions related to the First World War are made with attached lead letters.
The base of the obelisk has an inscription that reads: "THIS MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED BY / THE PARISH OF / BROUGHTON GIFFORD / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / ALL THOSE MEN WHO / AT THEIR COUNTRY’S CALL / LEFT THEIR HOMES IN THE / VILLAGE TO TAKE THEIR / PART IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918."
On the pediment, just below this inscription, is the phrase: "THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES," while the other faces of the pediment state: "THESE ALSO SERVED." The plinth lists the names of those commemorated.
The top step of the base features an additional inscription: “YE THAT LIVE ON ‘MID’ ENGLISH PASTURES GREEN / REMEMBER US, AND THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.” Below this step is a metal plaque honoring six servicemen who died in the Second World War, quoting: “IN ALL THESE THINGS MORE THAN CONQUERORS / THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US" Rom.viii.35ff.
The memorial is surrounded by iron railings and includes an entrance gate.
Local climate
Broughton Gifford War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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