Bishopstone War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 2015. War memorial.
Bishopstone War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silver-barrel-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bishopstone War Memorial, Aylesbury, Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell, HP17 8SF
- OS grid reference
- SP 803 104
- Coordinates
- 51.78668, -0.83698
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bishopstone War Memorial is a war memorial built in 1920 by the stonemasons Newman and Harper. It is made of Portland stone and stands on a bank, set on a paved rectangle that is accessed by four stone steps leading up from the village high street. The boundary of the monument is marked by four low posts linked with chain.
The memorial features a two-stepped base with concave tapering shoulders and a narrow collar on all sides. Rising from this base is a four-sided obelisk that is two meters tall and terminates in a pyramidal point. On the front face facing south-west, there is a carved wreath in relief above the inscription that reads: "ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF BISHOPSTONE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-19 1939-45." Beneath this inscription, the names of four men who were killed and three who were wounded in the First World War are carved in smaller letters.
The south-east face of the memorial is inscribed with the words "SERVED OVERSEAS," followed by the names of twenty men. On the north-east face, the inscription reads "HOME SERVICE," followed by the names of five individuals.
Local climate
Bishopstone War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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