War Memorial at Junction with Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
War Memorial at Junction with Church Street
- WRENN ID
- upper-roof-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial at Junction with Church Street, Baldock Street, Ware
- OS grid reference
- TL 356 144
- Coordinates
- 51.81188, -0.03398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, located at the junction of Baldock Street and Church Street in Ware, was built in 1921 and designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. It is made of Portland stone and features a central 'cross of sacrifice' with an octagonal shaft and arms, along with a bronze sword fixed to its face. The base consists of diminishing octagonal offsets that rise from a central plinth. On either side of the memorial, there are screen walls that include cast panels with fossil aggregate and lead lettering that lists the names of the casualties. The return ends are made of Portland stone, featuring offset coping with a segmental curved profile top and moulded pilaster bases. The base of the memorial has a raised curved step made of Portland stone, and the surrounding area is paved with red brick in a herringbone pattern.
Local climate
War Memorial at Junction with Church Street 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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