Gawcott War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 2017. War memorial.
Gawcott War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- carved-lantern-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Gawcott War Memorial, Holy Trinity Churchyard, Church Street, Gawcott with Lenborough
- OS grid reference
- SP 679 318
- Coordinates
- 51.98086, -1.01157
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gawcott War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1922, with later additions for the Second World War. It is situated within the churchyard to the north of the Grade II*-listed Church of Holy Trinity.
The memorial is made of rough-hewn stone and features a wheel-head cross on a tapering shaft, which rises from a tapering, square plinth set on a single-step base. The main inscription is located on the west face of the plinth, on an inset smooth stone panel, with all lettering crafted in lead.
The principal inscription reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE 1914 – 1919 (18 NAMES) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS." There is an additional inscription commemorating the Second World War on an inset panel on the east face of the plinth, which states: "AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE 1939 – 1945 (2 NAMES)."
Local climate
Gawcott 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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