Danbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 2019. War memorial.
Danbury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- frozen-marble-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Danbury War Memorial, Elm Green, Elm Green Lane, Essex, CM3 4EJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 775 053
- Coordinates
- 51.71899, 0.56914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Danbury War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is situated on Elm Green at the junction of Elm Green Lane and Bell Hill.
The memorial features a approximately 7.3-meter high Latin cross made of Portland stone, which rises from an octagonal plinth on a four-stepped base. A bronze Sword of Sacrifice is attached to the south face of the cross.
On the south face of the plinth, there is an incised inscription that reads: "IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF DANBURY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 1917." The names of 24 men who fell during the First World War are listed on the north, east, and west faces of the plinth. The south-west face of the plinth includes the inscription "(7 NAMES) 1939," while the south-east face reads "(7 NAMES) 1945."
Local climate
Danbury War Memorial 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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