Mursley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2016. War memorial. 5 related planning applications.
Mursley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- still-baluster-bistre
- 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
- Mursley War Memorial, Main Street, MK17 0RT
- OS grid reference
- SP 817 285
- Coordinates
- 51.94958, -0.81187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mursley War Memorial is made of Cornish granite and features a wheel-head cross that stands approximately 3 meters high. The cross has an octagonal shaft and arms, with pyramidal bosses at the ends of the arms. It is positioned on a two-staged square plinth, with the lower plinth being significantly larger and displaying an inscription in inset black-painted lead. The memorial is set on a two-stepped base.
The east face of the plinth includes the inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND UNDYING/ MEMORY OF THOSE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918." Below this is a short horizontal line followed by the names of nine men listed in order of rank. At the base of the plinth, the words read: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." The north face of the memorial features the date "1939 - 1945," with a short horizontal line beneath it, followed by the names of five individuals who fell in the Second World War.
Local climate
Mursley 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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