War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Stevenage local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1948. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
silver-lintel-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stevenage
Constituency
Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 1948
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, Bowling Green
OS grid reference
TL 232 255
Coordinates
51.91453, -0.20945
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, built in 1920, commemorates those who served in both World Wars. It features a stone obelisk set on a decorated stone plinth, which displays engraved panels and has angle consoles.

Local climate

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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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