St Paul's Walden War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 2017. War memorial.
St Paul's Walden War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- half-plaster-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- St Paul's Walden War Memorial, Hitchin Road, Whitwell
- OS grid reference
- TL 188 209
- Coordinates
- 51.87415, -0.27489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Paul's Walden War Memorial is a war memorial unveiled around 1920, dedicated to the men of the parish who fell in the First and Second World Wars.
The memorial is made of stone and takes the form of a Celtic cross, featuring a long cross in low relief on its front elevation. It stands on a base, plinth, and a two-stepped platform. The front (south-west) elevation is inscribed with the words: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN EVER BLESSED AND GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THOSE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO LAID / DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR.’ The plinth includes the dates of the First World War (1914-18) and lists the names of 23 of the fallen in two columns. After the Second World War (1939-45), a stone plaque was added to the platform, which bears the dates of the conflict, the names of 10 of the fallen, and the inscription ‘THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.’
The memorial is enclosed by eight stone posts linked by metal chains and is surrounded by late 20th-century paving. It can be accessed from the south-west via four paved steps leading from the junction of Hitchin Road (B651) and Whitwell High Street.
Local climate
St Paul's Walden War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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