Fordham war memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 2018. War memorial.
Fordham war memorial
- WRENN ID
- scattered-garret-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Fordham war memorial, Moat Road, Essex, CO6 3LU
- OS grid reference
- TL 928 286
- Coordinates
- 51.92297, 0.80344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fordham war memorial is a classical structure made of limestone, situated on a brick plinth. The painted brick plinth rises slightly above the height of the surrounding brick and flint wall and tapers at the top to connect with the middle section. This section features corner pilasters with moulded feet and capitals, and a plain inscribed panel in between. Above this is a cornice that supports a smaller version of the lower section, which has similar but shorter and narrower pilasters, along with a triangular pediment topped by a carved dove finial. The front face of the memorial includes a stone plaque with a relief-carved plain Latin cross, which has replaced the original clock.
The middle section of the memorial bears the inscription: "IN GRATEFUL / AND HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE FORDHAM MEN, / WHO FELL IN THE WAR, 1914 – 1919. / (NAMES) / 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Fordham war memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 650 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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