Aylesbury St Mary's War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 2018. War memorial.
Aylesbury St Mary's War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- rusted-plinth-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Aylesbury St Mary's War Memorial Cross, C30m South of St Mary's Church, the Churchyard, Church Street, HP20 2QP
- OS grid reference
- SP 817 138
- Coordinates
- 51.81753, -0.81567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Aylesbury St Mary’s War Memorial is situated in the churchyard, south of the Grade I-listed Church of St Mary and next to the Grade II-listed South Gateway to St Mary’s Churchyard. It is surrounded by several other listed buildings. The memorial stands approximately 6 meters tall and is designed as an elaborate Calvary cross.
The cross-head features a hooded crucifixion scene, with figures of Mary and John on either side of the cross. These figures are carved in the round and rest on bracketed pedestals at the top of the slender, octagonal cross shaft. The shaft rises from a square pedestal that has an octagonal moulded cap and shoulders that are cut back at the corners. The pedestal is set on a three-stepped base.
On the south face of the pedestal, the dedication is carved in relief. It reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF AYLESBURY WHO DID THEIR DUTY EVEN UNTO DEATH IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 TRUE LOVE BY LIFE TRUE LOVE BY DEATH IS TRIED LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND WE FOR ENGLAND DIED REQUIESCAT IN PACE."
Local climate
Aylesbury St Mary's War Memorial Cross 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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