Brightlingsea War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 2015. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Brightlingsea War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-belfry-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Brightlingsea War Memorial, Victoria Place, Essex, CO7 0EB
- OS grid reference
- TM 086 168
- Coordinates
- 51.81097, 1.02491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brightlingsea War Memorial was designed by Richard Reginald Goulden and unveiled in 1921 to commemorate those lost in the First World War, with later additions for the Second World War. The memorial is constructed from white granite with bronze plaques and takes the form of a cenotaph, a large rectangular block of granite that steps outwards at its base. It stands at the intersection of four stone-paved paths. Bronze plaques are attached to the west and east faces, featuring relief sculptures of the heads of three servicemen in profile. Narrow, bronze plaques with inscribed names of the deceased, surmounted by wreaths, are on the north and south sides; a small additional plaque lists those who died in the Second World War. Carved inscriptions at the top of the east and west faces read: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE /THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. The paths leading to the cenotaph are stepped gradually. The memorial is set within a small, wedge-shaped garden. The surrounding wall, gates, and benches are not included in the listing.
Local climate
Brightlingsea 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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