Bowden Hill War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 2017. War memorial.
Bowden Hill War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- sacred-frieze-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bowden Hill War Memorial Cross, St Anne's Churchyard, Lacock, SN15 2PP
- OS grid reference
- ST 937 679
- Coordinates
- 51.41043, -2.09088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bowden Hill War Memorial Cross is located in the north-eastern corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Anne, where it faces a main road junction in the village. The churchyard also features the Harris monument, while The Conduit House is situated in the opposite field to the north.
This memorial stands approximately 2.5 meters tall and consists of a simple, rough-hewn Cornish granite wheel-head cross, which is set on a square plinth. The center of the Maltese cross head is decorated with a carved hemispherical boss. The memorial is positioned on a small square base that is flush with the ground.
The main dedicatory inscription on the north face of the plinth is made of applied metal letters and reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF OUR NOBLE DEAD/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919./ (10 NAMES)/ 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'."
Local climate
Bowden Hill War Memorial Cross receives an average of 830 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 57% 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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