Bank of England War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 2017. Memorial.
Bank of England War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dusk-pediment-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Bank of England War Memorial, Garden Court, Threadneedle Street, City and County of the City of London, EC2R 8AH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 327 811
- Coordinates
- 51.51403, -0.08858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bank of England War Memorial is located in the Garden Court of the Bank of England. It features a bronze statue of a young male figure, depicted nude except for a loincloth, representing St Christopher as he crosses a stream. A child, also nude and representing the infant Christ, sits on his shoulder. Both figures have their arms raised and display joyful expressions. An inscription around the base of the rock section reads: "TO THE COMRADES / WHO, AT DUTY'S CALL, CROSSED THE DARK WATERS TO / THE FURTHER SHORE 1914-1919."
The statue is mounted on a four-stepped plinth made of Portland stone, which includes a bronze cross and plaques listing the names of those who fell. In front of the memorial, a bronze wreath is set into the paving, inscribed: "TO THE / MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO / CROSSED THE / SAME WATERS / 1939-1945."
Local climate
Bank of England War 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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