Letchworth Garden City War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 2013. War memorial. 9 related planning applications.
Letchworth Garden City War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- quartered-corner-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 2013
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Letchworth Garden City War Memorial, Station Place, Herts, SG6 3AN
- OS grid reference
- TL 217 327
- Coordinates
- 51.9796, -0.22894
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Letchworth Garden City War Memorial is a structure commemorating those who served in the First and Second World Wars. Unveiled in 1921 and designed by Onslow E Whiting, it is made of limestone.
The memorial features a Celtic cross with a tapering shaft that rises above a tall stepped plinth, which is set on two square steps surrounded by limestone paving. The south face of the plinth has an incised inscription that reads: "THIS CROSS AND THE CENTRAL WARDS OF THE HOSPITAL ARE ERECTED IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF THIS TOWN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." Above this inscription, the base of the cross displays the date MCMXXI (1921). The names of those who died in the First World War are inscribed on the other three faces of the plinth.
The cross is located in a small garden bordered by hedges and backed by trees and shrubs, which is part of the Grade II registered Broadway. To the north, set into the hedge behind the cross, is a limestone screen featuring three bronze plaques that list the 187 names of those who died in World War II. The inscription on the limestone plinth below the plaques reads: "FOR HONOR FOR LIBERTY FOR RIGHT 1939+1945 SHALL THESE HAVE DIED IN VAIN?" The limestone paving surrounding the cross extends northward to create a path that connects the two memorials.
Local climate
Letchworth Garden City War Memorial 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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