War memorial at Lower Cross Oak is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 December 1998. War memorial.
War memorial at Lower Cross Oak
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-column-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1998
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War memorial at Lower Cross Oak, Talybont-On-Usk, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 107 236
- Coordinates
- 51.90428, -3.29825
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The war memorial at Lower Cross Oak stands on three concrete steps and has a stone flagged base. It is made of pale stone and is shaped like a Celtic Cross. One side of the tapered shaft features an inscription, while the head of the cross is boldly decorated with interlace designs. The date "1914-1919" is displayed in the center, and there is an additional plaque inscribed for those who fell in World War II.
Local climate
War memorial at Lower Cross Oak sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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