War Memorial Chapel at Hornsey Central Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Haringey local planning authority area, England. War memorial chapel.
War Memorial Chapel at Hornsey Central Hospital
- WRENN ID
- pale-pillar-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Haringey
- Constituency
- Hornsey and Friern Barnet MP: Catherine West (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial chapel
- Address
- War Memorial Chapel at Hornsey Central Hospital, Park Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 295 889
- Coordinates
- 51.58421, -0.1311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial Chapel at Hornsey Central Hospital is a memorial building constructed in 1921, with the architect remaining unknown. It is made of red brick and features Portland stone dressings. The chapel has a square extension to the north of the 1907-10 cottage hospital, which was designed by George Lethbridge, and it projects eastwards. The entrance has a segmental door case supported by Doric columns, topped with a scrolled pediment. It features panelled double wooden doors that are accessed via four stone steps, with an inscription reading "THE BOROUGH OF HORNSEY WAR MEMORIAL" below the borough arms. On either side of the entrance are square stone tablets displaying the dates 1914 and 1919 within wreaths and frames. The chapel is adorned with Portland stone angle pilasters, string courses, cornices, and balustraded parapets. A projecting canted bay on the south side contains three round windows.
Inside, the walls are panelled with oak wainscoting, consisting of 44 panels, each carved with the names of the deceased, organized by military unit. The southern projection is flanked by wooden Doric columns, and the floor is made of chequered marble. The frieze on the walls features painted inscriptions that read "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH" on the east, "STEADFAST AND UNDISMAYED THEY GAVE THEIR ALL" on the south, "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" on the west, and "THEY DIED THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE AND HONOUR" on the north. The interior is illuminated by an octagonal lantern.
Historically, this chapel serves as the war memorial for the Borough of Hornsey and was inaugurated by the Bishop of Willesden on November 11th, 1921.
Local climate
War Memorial Chapel at Hornsey Central Hospital sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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