Brinkworth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2016. War memorial.
Brinkworth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-latch-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Brinkworth War Memorial, Brinkworth Cemetery, the Street, SN15 5QG
- OS grid reference
- SU 012 845
- Coordinates
- 51.55941, -1.98356
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brinkworth War Memorial is located in Brinkworth Cemetery on the north side of The Street, positioned behind the cemetery railings and slightly to the right of the entrance gate. Made of granite, this simple memorial features a small wheel-head cross atop a tapering shaft. The shaft rises from a square, tapering plinth that stands on a low step.
The front face of the cross shaft is inscribed with the words "FOR GOD,/ KING,/ AND COUNTRY." Below this, the front face of the plinth displays the main dedicatory inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE TWENTY MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (20 NAMES)." An additional inscription on the front face of the step reads, "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ (1 NAME on a metal strip)." A bronze plaque on the left face of the plinth commemorates "IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM/ THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (2 NAMES)."
Surrounding the base of the memorial are small modern planters, which are not of special interest.
Local climate
Brinkworth War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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