Hendon War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Hendon War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- eastward-brass-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Hendon MP: David Pinto-Duschinsky (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hendon War Memorial, Watford Way, Nr Prothero Gardens, NW4 3AQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 227 888
- Coordinates
- 51.58557, -0.2303
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hendon War Memorial is situated on the central reservation at the junction of Watford Way and The Burroughs in Hendon. It is surrounded by cruciform paving with lawns on either side. The memorial features a stone flanched cross made of Copenacre box ground stone, with a broad sword carved in relief on the front face of the cross shaft. It stands on a plinth that has a plain moulded projecting cornice and base, shaped as an irregular octagon, with four of the eight faces wider to accommodate brass plaques that display the inscriptions and names of the fallen. The entire structure rests on a two-stepped octagonal base.
On the south face of the plinth, a bronze plaque reads: "1914 – 1918/ ERECTED BY RESIDENTS/ OF THE CENTRAL AND/ WEST WARDS OF HENDON,/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR/ GLORIOUS DEAD./ CENTRAL WARD/ (87 names)."
The west face of the plinth features another bronze plaque that states: "CENTRAL WARD CONTINUED/ (137 names)."
The east face has a bronze plaque that reads: "WEST WARD/ (138 names)."
At the base of the south side of the plinth, a stone block states: "THIS MEMORIAL/ IS ALSO DEDICATED TO THE/ MEMORY OF THOSE/ INHABITANTS OF HENDON/ BOTH MEMBERS OF THE SERVICES AND CIVILIANS/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945."
Additionally, a brass plaque was added to the north side of the plinth in 2015 to honor those lost in the Second World War. The inscription reads: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE FROM HENDON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 (228 names) LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN."
Local climate
Hendon 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 98% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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