Corsham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 2017. War memorial.
Corsham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rough-truss-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Corsham War Memorial, Junction of Pickwick Road and Lacock Road, S13 9HR
- OS grid reference
- ST 872 702
- Coordinates
- 51.43068, -2.18411
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Corsham War Memorial is a cenotaph built in 1921, made of dressed Bath stone. It features a three-stepped square base and plinth. The front and side faces of the cenotaph have moulded panels adorned with a wreath detail. Above these panels is a band inscribed with the words "DUTY NOBLY DONE." At the top, there are bronze eagle wings on the front and bronze crossed rifles and a helmet on the sides. The front panel bears the inscription: "THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF CORSHAM TO BE A PERMANENT TOKEN OF THEIR GRATITUDE TO ALL WHO DIED FOR THEM IN THE WAR OF 1914 - 1918 AND ESPECIALLY THE MEN OF CORSHAM NAMED HEREON." The plinth below is inscribed: "ALSO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 AND IN OTHER THEATRES OF WAR." The names of the fallen are inscribed on the panels and plinth on the sides. The cenotaph is located next to a memorial garden.
Local climate
Corsham War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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