Bishopsgate Parish Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 2016. Memorial.
Bishopsgate Parish Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-rood-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Bishopsgate Parish Memorial, The Churchyard, St Botolph-Without-Bishopsgate, City and County of the City of London, EC2M 3TL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 332 814
- Coordinates
- 51.51658, -0.08161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bishopsgate Parish Memorial is a Portland Stone memorial cross located in the churchyard of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate church, which is listed as Grade II*. It stands to the south of the church and west of the Grade II-listed drinking fountains and lanterns on Bishopsgate. The memorial is approximately 4 meters high and features an ornamented wheel-head cross that rises from a moulded collar with the monogram IHS. The octagonal cross shaft is decorated with blind arcading below the collar and above the moulded foot. This shaft is set on an octagonal plinth, which is supported by a three-stepped base.
The plinth has inscriptions on four of its eight faces:
On the east face, it reads "KITCHENER/ JUNE 5 1916/ LEST WE FORGET."
The south face states "IN MEMORIAM/ OFFICERS AND MEN/ OF THE/ HONOURABLE/ ARTILLERY/ COMPANY/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR/ AUGUST 4 1916."
The west face commemorates "IN MEMORY OF/ OUR/ BRAVE DEAD/ OF/ BISHOPSGATE/ 1914 – 1916."
Finally, the north face honors "JOHN TRAVERS/ CORNWELL VC/ OF/ HMS CHESTER/ THE/ BATTLE OF JUTLAND/ JUNE 1916/ HERO OF 16 YEARS."
This listing has been updated to include sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register, which are provided for further reading.
Local climate
Bishopsgate Parish Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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