War Memorial in Front of John O'Gaddesden's House is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. War memorial.
War Memorial in Front of John O'Gaddesden's House
- WRENN ID
- silver-steeple-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in Front of John O'Gaddesden's House, Little Gaddesden
- OS grid reference
- SP 992 133
- Coordinates
- 51.81026, -0.56141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in front of John O'Gaddesden's House was built between 1920 and 1921. The concept and some materials for the memorial were brought from Italy by Mrs. Wheatley, who was a cousin to Lady Brownlow and the wife of Lord Brownlow's agent. The memorial features red brick piers, a plinth, and coping over tile creasing, along with plastered panels and limestone inscribed slabs on the side panels. The centerpiece is a carved Italian stone in Renaissance style, adorned with two applied inscribed veined marble slabs. Each side of the memorial has terracotta octagonal panels in the balustrade. It includes a red pantiled lean-to hood supported by moulded S-curved wooden brackets. Designed as a wayside shrine to commemorate both World Wars, it has a hooded centerpiece and side panels with quadrant swept copings. There is a low balustraded wall on each side, featuring two rows of terracotta wreathed roundels on octagonal blocks. The central feature has a rounded head with a carved soffit, two bracketed stages, and Renaissance carved panelled pilasters.
Local climate
War Memorial in Front of John O'Gaddesden's House 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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