Long Marston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 2012. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Long Marston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- scarred-flagstone-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 2012
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Long Marston War Memorial, Station Road, Hertfordshire, Tring Rural, HP23 4QS
- OS grid reference
- SP 895 157
- Coordinates
- 51.83288, -0.7011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Long Marston War Memorial is a granite structure built by Messrs Newman and Harper on a raised mound, surrounded by a chain link and granite post fence. It was unveiled by Lord Rothschild and dedicated in August 1921.
The memorial features a Celtic cross that stands approximately 5.8 meters high. Access to the memorial is via a flight of three steps leading up from ground level. It consists of a stone plinth with a three-tiered base, topped by the cross. The cross has a tapered base, which bears an inscription along with the names of ten individuals who died in World War I and one from World War II. The inscription reads: "IN MEMORY OF/THE GALLANT MEN/OF THIS VILLAGE WHO FOUGHT AND FELL IN/THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/(NAMES)/THEY DID THEIR DUTY FOR KING AND COUNTRY/1939-1945/(NAME)."
The cross features a tapering shaft adorned with a band of carved lattice decoration at the bottom. The arms of the cross are embellished with carved interlacing circular and cruciform motifs, which are encircled by a guilloche band.
Local climate
Long Marston War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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