Swanbourne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 2015. War memorial.
Swanbourne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- roaming-keep-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Swanbourne War Memorial, Mursley Road, MK17 0SR
- OS grid reference
- SP 801 272
- Coordinates
- 51.93804, -0.83621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swanbourne War Memorial is located in a small grassed area at the junction of Winslow Road and Mursley Road, prominently positioned opposite the Church of St Swithun, which is a Grade II*-listed building. The front of the memorial area is marked by five concrete bollards connected by a chain.
The memorial itself is a Portland stone obelisk, approximately 4 meters tall, rising from a two-stage, moulded plinth that sits on a two-stepped, square base. At the top of the obelisk, a wreath is carved in relief on the front face, with the years 1914 and 1918 inscribed below. The names of 67 men who served during the First World War are also inscribed on the faces of the obelisk.
On the front face of the upper stage of the plinth, the main dedication reads: "IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/ OF SWANBOURNE/ WHO SERVED THEIR KING/ AND COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918." Additionally, a stone plaque on the top step of the base is inscribed with "DIED IN THE WAR/ 1939-1945/ (2 NAMES)."
Local climate
Swanbourne 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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