Markyate War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2014. A Modern Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Markyate War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- plain-corner-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 2014
- Type
- Memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Markyate War Memorial, Wirral and Dove Cottages, High Street, Hertfordshire, AL3 8PF
- OS grid reference
- TL 058 167
- Coordinates
- 51.83976, -0.46466
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Markyate War Memorial was erected in 1921. It is constructed from Portland Stone and takes the form of a simple cross set upon a square, tapered pillar, a further tapered plinth, and a two-stepped base. Forty names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the plinth using lead lettering. A low plinth wall made of red brick surrounds the memorial, with matching red brick gate piers and double-leaf cast-iron gates to the east. The west wall displays a roll of honour listing the names of those who died in the Second World War (1939-1945), as well as conflicts in Greece (1948) and Northern Ireland (1974). The east-facing elevation of the plinth is inscribed with the words: “TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN / OF THE PARISH OF / MARKYATE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918”. The east-facing elevation of the base reads: "WELL DONE THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT".
Local climate
Markyate War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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