War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- guardian-gargoyle-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Unnamed Road, North of London Road (A417), Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire
- OS grid reference
- SP 066 017
- Coordinates
- 51.71486, -1.90551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial is made of local limestone and is set on an octagonal platform approximately 1.1 meters across. It stands about 4.4 meters high and features a small cross with cusping on the arms, which is mounted on a tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft has a moulded and crenellated capital and ends in a square base with broach stops. A relief-carved shield with a crown of thorns is located on the base of the shaft, set within an ogee-headed field that also has cusping. The base rests on a rectangular plinth.
The east face of the plinth has a carved inscription that reads: "THIS· CROSS· WAS· ERECTED / BY· THE· INHABITANTS· OF· / AMPNEY· CRUCIS / IN· MEMORY· OF· THE· MEN / WHO· FELL / IN· THE· GREAT· WAR / 1914-1918 / WHOSE· NAMES / ARE· INSCRIBED· HEREON / AND· IN· THANKFULNESS· FOR / THE· SAFE· RETURN / OF· MANY· OTHERS· WHO· WENT / FROM· THIS· VILLAGE." The north and south faces of the plinth list the ranks, names, and regiments of twenty fallen soldiers. The west face features a cross and the inscription: "THEIR NAME / LIVETH / FOR / EVERMORE / ECCLESIASTICUS· 44· 14."
The plinth is supported by a three-stepped platform. The upper step's east face bears the inscription: "THE WORLD WAR / 1939-1945." The faces of the step below contain the ranks, names, regiments, and services of four additional fallen soldiers. An applied stone plaque on the north side of the lowest step states: "RENOVATION CARRIED OUT BY / THE SCHRODER FAMILY / NOVEMBER 2008."
Local climate
War Memorial 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 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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