Great War Memorial Cross at Haileybury and Imperial Service College on Terrace in Middle of South Front is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Great War Memorial Cross at Haileybury and Imperial Service College on Terrace in Middle of South Front
- WRENN ID
- dusk-loft-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Great War Memorial Cross at Haileybury and Imperial Service College on Terrace in Middle of South Front, London Road, Hertford Heath
- OS grid reference
- TL 358 106
- Coordinates
- 51.77828, -0.03292
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great War Memorial Cross at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, located on the terrace in the middle of the south front, is a war memorial designed by Reginald Blomfield in 1923. Made of Portland stone, it features a tall tapering cross with tapering arms and expanded terminals. The cross has a deeply chamfered rectangular section that continues through a moulded base, with a large inscribed drum set on two steps of unequal height, supported by a corresponding plinth that raises it to the level of the terrace. The memorial has an elongated octagonal plan that aligns with the south range of the main quadrangle. On the front (south side), there is a large bronze Damascus sword, which was originally gilded. This simple monument is positioned on the central axis of the south front and is included for its group value.
Local climate
Great War Memorial Cross at Haileybury and Imperial Service College on Terrace in Middle of South Front 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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