War Memorial with Sculpture of St George and the Dragon is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. War memorial.

War Memorial with Sculpture of St George and the Dragon

WRENN ID
inner-pediment-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1987
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial with Sculpture of St George and the Dragon, St John's Wood Road Nw8, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 271 828
Coordinates
51.53012, -0.16784
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, dating from around 1925 to 1930, features a sculpture of St. George and the Dragon, created by sculptor C.L. Hartwell, a Royal Academician. It consists of a bronze group mounted on a Portland stone pedestal, located in the center of a roundabout. The design is in a Neo-Baroque style, showcasing an equestrian figure of St. George as he spears the dragon.

Local climate

War Memorial with Sculpture of St George and the Dragon sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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