Bourton-on-the-Water War Memorial including gated enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Bourton-on-the-Water War Memorial including gated enclosure
- WRENN ID
- late-shingle-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bourton-on-the-Water War Memorial including gated enclosure, The Green, High Street, Gloucestershire, GL54 2BU
- OS grid reference
- SP 167 207
- Coordinates
- 51.88466, -1.75816
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bourton-on-the-Water War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is situated on the green beside the River Windrush, at the junction of High Street and Sherborne Street, near several Grade II-listed buildings.
The memorial features a tall stone Latin cross that rises from a moulded collar on a tapering octagonal shaft, which is set on an octagonal plinth. The base of the cross shaft is adorned with low relief carvings. The plinth is supported by a four-stepped square base. Surrounding the memorial is a square kerbed and gated enclosure, with a chain suspended on low stone posts.
Metal plaques on the plinth display the names of those who fell in both World Wars. The main dedicatory inscription on the front (north-east) face of the plinth reads: "1914 1918/ 1939 1945/ TO THOSE OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO MADE THE SACRIFICE/ FOR PEACE/ SONS OF THIS PLACE LET/ THIS OF YOU BE SAID,/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE/ WORTHY OF THE DEAD./ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT/ YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST ERE/ YOU FALL ASLEEP." A wreath is depicted on the plaque between the start and end dates of each conflict.
Local climate
Bourton-on-the-Water War Memorial including gated enclosure receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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