War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Luton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1982. War memorial. 9 related planning applications.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- plain-moulding-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Luton
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1982
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, George Street, LU1 2BQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 090 213
- Coordinates
- 51.87975, -0.41755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial, made of Portland Stone, was erected in 1922 and designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. It features a stepped plinth with added cast bronze panels that commemorate those who died in the Second World War. The main body of the monument is inscribed on all four sides with the names of 1,286 individuals who lost their lives in the First World War. At the top, there is a cornice and frieze adorned with tryglyphs and metopes, decorated with roundels. Above this is a podium that displays the town's coat of arms and wreaths. On the podium stands an 8-foot high bronze statue of 'Peace', sculpted by Sir William Hamo Thornycroft. The statue holds a myrtle branch aloft in her right hand and an angel with a wreath in her left hand.
Local climate
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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
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