Great Dunmow War Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 2016. A Modern War memorial.
Great Dunmow War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- broken-brass-meadow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Great Dunmow War Memorial, Junction of High Street and New Street, Essex
- OS grid reference
- TL 628 218
- Coordinates
- 51.8711, 0.36372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Dunmow War Memorial is a Grade II* listed structure made of Portland stone and features a Cornish granite base. It consists of a 6-meter tall, tapering, three-sided pillar adorned with Latin crosses carved in relief around the head, situated beneath three projecting arches and above a narrow collar. This pillar is mounted on a two-stepped, moulded, and chamfered plinth, which rests on a three-stepped base, with the lowest step made of granite.
The pillar has a chamfered triangular section with slightly concave faces, designed to fit its location facing three streets, except at the plinth where the faces are flat. The base comprises three steps; the top two are hexagonal, while the lowest step is circular with a diameter of 3.2 meters.
On one face of the plinth, the principal inscription reads: "REMEMBER/ THE MEN OF THIS/ PLACE WHO DIED FOR/ FREEDOM AND HONOUR/ A 1914 – 1918 D/ A 1939 – 1945 D." The three concave faces of the pillar feature the names of 84 individuals who died in the First World War, carved in uncoloured upper case lettering, while 25 names from the Second World War are inscribed on the remaining two faces of the plinth.
Local climate
Great Dunmow War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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