Potterne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 2017. War memorial.
Potterne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- peeling-iron-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Potterne War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard, Church Corner, SN10 5NF
- OS grid reference
- ST 995 585
- Coordinates
- 51.32612, -2.00744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Potterne War Memorial is a tall structure made of Portland stone, located outside the Church of St Mary, which is a Grade I listed building, in the north-east corner of the churchyard. The memorial features a blind wheel-head cross atop an octagonal shaft with a moulded foot, all resting on a plinth. This plinth is an octagonal drum with a shallow circular head and is supported by a three-stepped octagonal base, with the upper step being deeper than the two lower steps.
Around the circular head of the plinth, the inscription "SEE YE TO IT THAT THESE SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN" is carved in relief. The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the base states "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF/ POTTERNE MEN WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919." The names of the fallen are inscribed on other faces of the plinth. Additionally, a rectangular bronze plaque affixed to the upper step of the base commemorates those who fell in the Second World War, stating "ALSO OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Potterne 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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