War Memorial at Elstow Lower School is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 2003. War memorial.
War Memorial at Elstow Lower School
- WRENN ID
- quiet-spindle-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 2003
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial at Elstow Lower School, High Street, MK42 9XP
- OS grid reference
- TL 049 477
- Coordinates
- 52.11793, -0.46875
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial at Elstow Lower School was built in 1919 and later updated in 1945 to include the names of those who died in the Second World War. Crafted by G. Carroll, the memorial is made of granite and features a three-tiered stepped base with chamfered edges. It has a truncated square column topped with an overhanging capital and a pediment on each face, above a cyma reversa moulding. On the west face of the column, lead lettering states: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THESE MEN OF ELSTOW WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PRESERVE OUR LIBERTIES IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-1918 (NAMES) 1939-1945 (NAMES) ERECTED BY THE PARISHONERS." The memorial was commemorated on 20 November 1919 by Mr. S. Howard Whitbread CB JP. It has group value with Elstow Lower School.
Local climate
War Memorial at Elstow Lower School sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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