War Memorial 500m south-west of Alameda Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 2012. War memorial.
War Memorial 500m south-west of Alameda Gate
- WRENN ID
- upper-pavement-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 June 2012
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial 500m south-west of Alameda Gate, War Memorial 500m South-West of the Alameda Gate, Ampthill
- OS grid reference
- TL 029 377
- Coordinates
- 52.02826, -0.50143
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial, located 500 meters south-west of Alameda Gate, is a Grade II listed structure made of Portland limestone. It is designed as a cenotaph, raised on a two-tiered plinth set on a polygonal base.
The exterior features a stripped neo-classical style, highlighted by a stylised Corinthian capital adorned with acanthus leaves and pineapples at the corners of the dentilated cornice. The cenotaph has fluted, chamfered corners and displays a circular moulded plaque with a crucifix just below the capital on the main facade. Below the plaque, there is an inscription in Roman lettering that reads ‘THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the faces of the cenotaph, which stands on a square plinth with chamfered corners. The upper part of the plinth is inscribed with the years ‘1914-1919’. The rear face of the lower plinth bears the inscription: THIS MONUMENT TO OUR GALLANT DEAD / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS / WAS UNVEILED BY / H. R. H. PRINCESS BEATRICE / AND DEDICATED / BY THE RT. REV. THE CHAPLAIN GENERAL TO THE FORCES (BISHOP TAYLOR SMITH) / ON MAY 17TH 1921 IN THE PRESENCE OF / THE AMPTHILL URBAN COUNCIL / (CHAIRMAN I. W. CRISP) / A. H. WINGFIELD / CHAIRMAN OF THE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE / AND / HERBRAND 11TH DUKE OF BEDFORD K.G. / DONOR OF THE SITE/.
Local climate
War Memorial 500m south-west of Alameda Gate sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings