War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 2001. A C20 War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- crooked-gallery-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Watling Street, Aldenham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 164 997
- Coordinates
- 51.68429, -0.31743
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Aldenham, Radlett, was constructed around 1919 and is made of Portland stone. It features a cross with a ball finial atop a plain and elongated four-sided capital. The main face of the capital is inscribed with the words 'THE MEN OF RADLETT WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY', while the years '1914' and '1918' are displayed on the adjacent faces, leaving the fourth face blank. The shaft is four-sided and chamfered at both the top and bottom.
The memorial stands on an octagonal plinth that is divided into two parts and stepped. The upper part of the plinth is engraved with the names of the war dead on alternating faces, while the lower part features a quote from Henry V: 'AWAKE REMEMBRANCE OF THESE VALIANT DEAD', along with additional names on alternating faces. The base consists of three tiers of eight-sided steps.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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