The War Memorial, St John's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1973. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
The War Memorial, St John's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- calm-moulding-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1973
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- The War Memorial, St John's Churchyard, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 261 012
- Coordinates
- 51.69539, -0.17611
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial, located in St John's Churchyard, was designed by C.F.A. Voysey and erected in 1920. It is made of Portland stone and features a tall base topped by a Free Gothic column and cross. The pedestal has a cornice and a dedicatory inscription, along with the names of the war dead inscribed in fine gold lettering on the other three sides. The octagonal column has concave sides and a loosely foliate capital. The pedestal is supported by diagonal buttresses with finials, and there are flying buttresses leading to the column. Similar flying buttresses support the iron cross, which is painted gold. The memorial was re-erected in 1973 on a stepped circular base at the site of the demolished Church of St. John the Baptist.
Local climate
The War Memorial, St John's Churchyard sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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