Bratton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 2016. War memorial.
Bratton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lunar-panel-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bratton War Memorial, Melbourne Street, BA13 4RN
- OS grid reference
- ST 915 524
- Coordinates
- 51.27123, -2.12249
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bratton War Memorial is a stone structure located on a small green in front of Melbourne House, along the main road through Bratton. It features a three-stepped square base topped by a square, tapered plinth, from which a tall Celtic cross rises. The outline of the cross shaft and wheel-head is incised with plain lines on the front face to highlight its form.
The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the cross shaft begins with "TO THE/ GLORY/ OF/ GOD/ AND" and continues below on the plinth with "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS VILLAGE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WAR OF 1914-1918." The rear of the plinth bears the inscription "A THANKSGIVING FROM/ W. N. & L. J. DIGGLE OF BRATTON HOUSE." Additionally, the front face of the top step is inscribed with "AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE." The names of those commemorated are incised into the side faces of the plinth and top step.
The memorial is accessed via a flagged path from the road, and the green surrounding the memorial is enclosed by a chain suspended on low timber posts.
Local climate
Bratton War Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
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