Shoeburyness War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Southend-on-Sea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 2019. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Shoeburyness War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- salt-clay-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford MP: Mr Bayo Alaba (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 2019
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Shoeburyness War Memorial, Gunners Park, Campfield Road, Essex, SS3 9BX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 932 849
- Coordinates
- 51.5304, 0.78488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shoeburyness War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with later additions for the Second World War. It is situated in Gunner Park off Campfield Road and is made from Portland stone, marble, and granite.
The memorial features a Portland stone pillar topped with a pedimented collar that has carved details and a chamfered foot. This pillar rises from an octagonal plinth, which has polished marble panels on its faces that display incised gold-painted inscriptions. The entire structure is set upon a square base.
On the south-west face of the plinth, the inscription reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ SHOEBURYNESS/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ ALSO DURING/ 1939 – 1945." The names of those who fell in the First World War are listed on the other faces of the plinth.
At the base of the memorial, inclined granite tablets are positioned at each edge. One tablet on the south-west edge states: "SHOEBURYNESS RESIDENTS/ KILLED IN ACTION/ 1939 – 1945/ ROYAL AIR FORCE/ (19 NAMES)/ SUFFOLK REGT/ (1 NAME)." An additional 63 names from the Second World War are recorded on the other three granite tablets.
The memorial is surrounded by an octagonal paved area with a stone kerb, which is topped with eight short stone bollards.
Local climate
Shoeburyness War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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