Horningsham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 2018. Memorial.
Horningsham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sheer-joist-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Horningsham War Memorial, Junction of Water Lane and Church Street, BA12 7LJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 816 412
- Coordinates
- 51.17027, -2.26331
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Horningsham War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is situated within an enclosed area of hard-standing on a grassed bank near the junction of Water Lane and Church Street. Nearby, to the north-east, is the Grade II-listed Spring Head.
The memorial features a Portland stone wheel-head cross adorned with carved flower and foliate decoration in relief on the three arms and the center of the cross, visible on both the rear (north-west) and front (south-east) faces. The segments of the wheel on the front face display the words "THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE" carved in relief. The cross has a tapering shaft that ends in a moulded foot and rises from a four-sided plinth with a moulded cap and a narrow, square foot. This is set atop a two-stepped octagonal base.
The plinth features the main inscription and the names of the fallen in incised lettering. The front face reads, "IN LASTING AND GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THESE WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914–1918," while the names of the 24 men who died are inscribed on the remaining three faces of the plinth. Additionally, a rectangular stone tablet is set flat on the upper step of the base beneath the main inscription, which bears the inscription "1939-1945 (NAMES)" in incised lettering.
The memorial is enclosed within a small area of paving surrounded by a low wall made of coursed stone, with rounded, flat stone coping along the east, west, and north boundaries. The southern boundary consists of a continuation of the boundary wall that runs parallel to the road and includes the entrance gate to the enclosure.
Local climate
Horningsham 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 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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