Foulness Island War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 2017. War memorial. 5 related planning applications.
Foulness Island War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-solder-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochford
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford MP: Mr Bayo Alaba (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Foulness Island War Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church, Essex, SS3 9XQ
- OS grid reference
- TR 004 931
- Coordinates
- 51.60147, 0.89248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Foulness Island War Memorial is a rectangular pillar dating to the aftermath of the First World War, erected to commemorate those who died in both World Wars. The pillar is topped by an orb featuring a finial, draping swags, and a small shield bearing the dates 1914/1919. A carving of two crossed rifles, backed by leaves, adorns the front face of the pillar. The pillar stands upon a square base. The front face of the base is inscribed "To the Glory of God / AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF / THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR" followed by seven names with their dates of death. The back face of the base reads “To the Glory of God / AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF / THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO FELL / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945” with three names and dates of death. Below this inscription is a plinth inscribed “Be thou faithful unto death.” on the front and “Percy F Smith / Southend” on the back. The entire memorial rests on a stone slab.
Local climate
Foulness Island War Memorial receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 — 5 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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