War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 2002. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ghost-rubble-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 2002
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Fair Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 334 798
- Coordinates
- 51.50219, -0.07835
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial, dating from around 1920, is designed in the form of a calvary featuring a simple wooden cross and a bronze hanging figure of Christ. Above this, there is a wooden and tiled gabled weatherhood. The memorial stands on a rectangular stone plinth with a moulded top and base, which is set on a circular step. On the north side, there is an inscription that reads, "IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919." The names of the fallen are inscribed on the other faces of the memorial. Originally, the memorial's Roll of Honour was inscribed on the adjoining north wall of the stairs of St John's Church, but this has since been separated from the plinth and stairs due to demolition following bomb damage.
Local climate
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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