Cirencester War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Cirencester War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- plain-floor-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cirencester War Memorial, Adjacent to St John the Baptist Church, Market Place, Gloucestershire, GL7 2PE
- OS grid reference
- SP 023 020
- Coordinates
- 51.71728, -1.96804
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cirencester War Memorial is a Calvary cross made of Clipsham stone, located next to the Church of St John the Baptist. It features a depiction of Christ supported by two figures. Below this, there is a roundel showing a pelican in her piety, and the memorial has a tapering faceted shaft that rests on a square plinth and a three-stepped octagonal base. On the back of the crucified Christ, he is depicted as a child in the arms of his mother, with a shield at her feet displaying the Greek letters Alpha and Omega.
There are inscriptions on two sides of the plinth. The main dedicatory inscription on the east face reads: "DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CIRENCESTER WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR AO DNI 1914 – 1919 ALSO IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945." The west face features relief lettering that states: "IS IT NOTHING TO YOV ALL YE THAT PASS BY."
Additionally, a small plaque on the south face of the pedestal reads: "CIRENCESTER WAR MEMORIAL 'LEST WE FORGET' PLEASE RESPECT THIS MEMORIAL CROSS."
Local climate
Cirencester War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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