War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 2001. A 20th century War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- first-bronze-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Brill
- OS grid reference
- SP 654 138
- Coordinates
- 51.81914, -1.05205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Brill, dating from around 1920, is constructed from Portland stone. It features a cusped cross with crocket finials atop a tapered octagonal column, which has brattishing at the capital. The memorial stands on an octagonal plinth set on a stone step, which is raised on a base of octagonal tiered concrete steps with three risers. One face of the plinth bears a carved inscription that reads: 'JESUS SAID, GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS'. The names of those who died in World War I are carved into the flanking faces. On the opposite side of the plinth, there are later brass plaques on three faces that commemorate the men from Brill who died in both World Wars, along with their names on the flanking plaques. The memorial is located in the village green, which is enclosed by stone bollards linked with chain.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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