Pimlico (St Saviour's) War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 2017. A 20th century War memorial. 8 related planning applications.

Pimlico (St Saviour's) War Memorial

WRENN ID
lunar-steeple-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 June 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Pimlico (St Saviour's) War Memorial, St Saviour's Church, St George's Square, London, City of Westminster, SW1V 3QW
OS grid reference
TQ 295 782
Coordinates
51.48858, -0.13536
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pimlico (St Saviour's) War Memorial is a wooden gabled cross, dating from the aftermath of the First World War, and later augmented to commemorate the Second World War. The cross features a sculpture of Christ bearing an INRI scroll. It is supported by a wooden tripod structure, which stands on a wooden platform atop a stone plinth. The four sides of the plinth display raised stone plaques. The left and right plaques list names, while the front plaque reads "PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF / THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 R.I.P. 1918" above a further list of names. The lower plaque reads "MAY THEY REST IN PEACE / 1939 - 1945" followed by additional names. The entire memorial stands on a stone platform.

Local climate

Pimlico (St Saviour's) 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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