Ashley Green War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 2016. War memorial.

Ashley Green War Memorial

WRENN ID
rusted-hall-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 January 2016
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
SP 976 052
Coordinates
51.73734, -0.58719
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ashley Green War Memorial, built in 1920 by stonemasons J Underwood and Son, is located on a grassed area outside the church of St John The Evangelist. The memorial features a Latin cross made of Portland stone, which stands on an octagonal plinth and a three-stepped octagonal base. It is approximately 3 metres high and includes carved foliate details at the top of the plinth and around the shaft of the cross.

On the north face of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads: "TO the/ GLORY OF GOD/ and in/ HONOURED/ MEMORY of/ the MEN of/ THIS PARISH/ who fell in the/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919." Additionally, along the bottom of the three panels on the north, north-east, and north-west faces, it states: "THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE."

The names of twenty-two men who died in the First World War are listed on panels on the north-east and north-west faces of the plinth. The southern-facing panel includes the names of four men who died during the Second World War, marked with the dates 1939-1945. All inscriptions are incised and were painted black during repairs in 2012.

Local climate

Ashley Green War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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