Hilperton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Hilperton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lone-render-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hilperton War Memorial, Church Street, Trowbridge, BA14 7RH
- OS grid reference
- ST 872 592
- Coordinates
- 51.3324, -2.18469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hilperton War Memorial, located on Church Street in the village of Hilperton, west Wiltshire, is made of Bath stone. It is situated near the scheduled and listed lock-up, approximately 40 meters northeast of Church Farm, and close to other Grade II-listed structures.
The memorial features a tall Latin cross with a reversed sword carved in low relief on the front face. The shaft is tapering and octagonal, with a moulded foot, and it stands on an octagonal plinth with a two-stepped base. The dedication on the front face of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918." The names of those who fell in both world wars are also carved on the plinth.
The cross is set back from the pavement within a paved semi-circular area. At the rear, there is a curving wall made of coursed stone with a moulded coping, while the front features metal posts supporting a spiked chain. The rear wall includes low benched seating, with planters inscribed with the dates of the world wars, and the central planter bears the inscription "LEST WE FORGET."
Local climate
Hilperton War Memorial receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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