Stewkley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2016. War memorial.
Stewkley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gentle-ledge-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Stewkley War Memorial, Junction of High Street North and Soulbury Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 852 260
- Coordinates
- 51.92621, -0.76214
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stewkley War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure made of Cornish granite. It features a tapering obelisk with a pyramidal top, standing approximately 3.6 meters high. The obelisk is mounted on a square plinth with sloping shoulders, which rests on a two-stepped base.
Inscriptions and names are carved into the faces of the plinth, with all lettering in inset, black-painted lead. The dedication on the north face of the plinth reads: "TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ THIS OBELISK IS/ ERECTED/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE/ STEWKLEY MEN/ WHO FELL IN DEFENCE OF/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY./ 1914 - 1918." The names of 30 individuals who fell in the First World War are listed on the other three sides of the plinth, with ten names per side, organized alphabetically by surname and identified by rank and initials.
On the lower part of the north side of the obelisk, the names of six individuals who fell in the Second World War are inscribed, with "1939 - 1945" above. These names are also arranged alphabetically, along with their rank and initials.
The memorial is situated within a small enclosure of granite paving, bordered by a low granite sett.
Local climate
Stewkley War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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