Blackmore Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Brentwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 2015. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Blackmore Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- salt-lime-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brentwood
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 2015
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Blackmore Memorial Cross, The Green, Essex, Hook End and Wyatts Green, CM4 0RT
- OS grid reference
- TL 604 018
- Coordinates
- 51.69225, 0.31963
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blackmore Memorial Cross is a war memorial dating to the early 20th century, prominently situated on the north-west corner of The Green. The memorial is approximately 4 metres tall and constructed from granite. It features a plain Latin cross set upon a hexagonal column, which itself rests on a stepped base rising from a hexagonal plinth. The plinth is raised on two hexagonal steps. Inscriptions are incised and enamelled. The front face of the plinth bears the inscription "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (21 NAMES)." Further inscriptions on the plinth's side faces read, "THE FOLLOWING CONNECTED/ WITH BLACKMORE ALSO/ SERVED IN HIS MAJESTY’S/ FORCES." The plinth contains the names of a further 81 individuals who served and returned. An inscription on the front face of the upper step reads "THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE." The memorial is set within a small area paved with granite setts, which are interspersed with flower beds. The area is enclosed on three sides by a chain suspended from seven granite bollards, and is bordered by a square path of granite setts.
Local climate
Blackmore Memorial Cross sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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.
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- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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