Homerton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 2017. War memorial.

Homerton War Memorial

WRENN ID
pale-loft-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hackney
Constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch MP: Dame Meg Hillier (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 March 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Homerton War Memorial, Grounds of the Church of St Barnabas, High Street, London, E9 6DL
OS grid reference
TQ 358 851
Coordinates
51.54868, -0.04256
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Homerton War Memorial is located in the grounds of the Church of St Barnabas, facing Homerton High Street. It features a wheel-head cross that rises from a tapering shaft, which is set on a tapering plinth. The front face of the cross and the upper half of the shaft are intricately decorated with Celtic knot-work carvings. The memorial is positioned on a stone step, which is integrated into a square-shaped flower bed area surrounded by short stone walls and pillars.

The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "TO THE LASTING GLORY / AND REMEMBRANCE / OF THE HEROES BELONGING / TO THIS CHURCH & PARISH / WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION."

Local climate

Homerton 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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