Hertford Heath War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 2024. War memorial.
Hertford Heath War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-rampart-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 2024
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hertford Heath War Memorial, London Road, SG13 7RU
- OS grid reference
- TL 348 116
- Coordinates
- 51.78719, -0.0459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hertford Heath War Memorial is a First World War memorial that also includes names added after the Second World War. It is made of stone and is prominently located on a green at the junction of the B1197 and Vicarage Causeway.
The memorial features a Celtic stone cross adorned with carved Celtic decoration on the ring, which is mounted on a plinth and set on a three-stepped square base. It is a replica of the cross of St Martin at Iona. On the front of the cross, just above the plinth, there is an inscription that reads: "TO THE GLORIOUS AND UNDYING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF HERTFORD HEATH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." The names of the fallen from the First World War are inscribed on all four faces of the plinth, listing both their forenames and surnames.
The front face of the top step of the square base bears the inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS; THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." The names of those who fell during the Second World War are inscribed on the sides of the second step. It is noted that the concrete platform on which the memorial stands is not original and is excluded from the listing.
Local climate
Hertford Heath War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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