Brackley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 2015. War memorial.
Brackley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- endless-doorway-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SP 584 368
- Coordinates
- 52.02701, -1.14935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brackley War Memorial is located in the south-west part of Brackley’s long Market Place, in a pedestrianized area in front of the Grade II*-listed Town Hall. Made of Clipsham limestone, the memorial features a three-stepped octagonal base topped by a roughly 6-meter high, three-tiered octagonal column, with each face slightly concave and crowned by a cross. The lowest tier lists the names of the theatres of war and significant battles. The middle tier records the 68 names of those who fell in the First World War. A principal dedication is inscribed on a plaque on the upper part of the middle tier, which reads: TO THE MEN OF/ BRACKLEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING/ AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919. Above this plaque, a decorative cartouche displays the arms of Brackley.
The memorial is enclosed by a recent low wall, built around 2006. On either side of the iron gates, plaques commemorate the 15 individuals lost in the Second World War. Additionally, the coping of the wall beside the gates bears the name of a serviceman who was killed in Afghanistan in 2009.
Local climate
Brackley 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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