Southwark Military Hospital War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2017. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Southwark Military Hospital War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- quartered-sandstone-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Lewisham West and East Dulwich MP: Ellie Reeves (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Southwark Military Hospital War Memorial Cross, Former Dulwich Hospital, East Dulwich Grove, East Dulwich, London, SE22 8PT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 334 750
- Coordinates
- 51.45886, -0.08071
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Southwark Military Hospital War Memorial Cross is a marble monument erected within the grounds of the former Dulwich Hospital. Constructed from Carrara marble, it dates from the period following the Great War. The memorial consists of a Latin cross with a crosslet head, rising from a collar featuring a blind arcade, all set upon a tall, octagonal shaft. The shaft itself originates from a square plinth with recessed panels on each face, and stands upon a two-stepped, octagonal base. Inscribed within these recessed panels on the plinth is a dedicatory inscription to the front face, reading “TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE NON-COMMISSIONED/ OFFICERS AND MEN/ OF THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE/ WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR/ IN THIS HOSPITAL/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1915 – 1919.” The remaining faces of the plinth list the names of those commemorated.
Local climate
Southwark Military Hospital War Memorial Cross 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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