Clapham Common War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 2017. War memorial. 4 related planning applications.

Clapham Common War Memorial

WRENN ID
hollow-stronghold-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Clapham and Brixton Hill MP: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Clapham Common War Memorial, Holy Trinity Churchyard, Clapham Common North Side, London, SW4 0QZ
OS grid reference
TQ 291 753
Coordinates
51.46239, -0.14252
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Clapham Common War Memorial is a tall Celtic cross constructed from roughly hewn granite. It stands on a pedestal formed from two granite slabs of unequal height. The upper slab is inscribed with the words "TO / THE MEN OF CLAPHAM / WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND / 1914 - 1919," and the lower slab bears the dates 1939 - 1945. The names of those who died in the First World War are recorded on two separate plaques affixed to the nearby church, which is listed separately.

Local climate

Clapham Common 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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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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