Lower Swell War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. War memorial. 5 related planning applications.
Lower Swell War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tired-buttress-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1960
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Lower Swell War Memorial, B4068, GL54 1LG
- OS grid reference
- SP 173 255
- Coordinates
- 51.92801, -1.7487
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lower Swell War Memorial stands on a small green in the village centre. It was erected in memory of those who died in the Great Wars and subsequent conflicts, specifically the First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), and the years 1914-1919. The memorial consists of a bulbous urn topped by a flame, set upon a square limestone ashlar pedestal which stands on a shallow base of three steps. Inscriptions appear on each face of the pedestal. The south-west face reads "IN MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF/ NETHER SWELL/ WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WARS". The south-east and north-west faces display the years MCM/ XIV/ MCM/ XIX/ MCMXXXIX/ MCMXLV (1914/1919/1939/1945). The north-east face lists names.
Local climate
Lower Swell War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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