Barnet Boer War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 2017. Memorial.
Barnet Boer War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- knotted-pediment-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Chipping Barnet MP: Dan Tomlinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Barnet Boer War Memorial, Christ Church, St Albans Road, London, EN5 4LA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 242 970
- Coordinates
- 51.65847, -0.2045
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barnet Boer War Memorial is a marble obelisk that features relief decorations of a rifle and sword crossed over a laurel wreath on its front and back. The obelisk stands on a square pedestal, also made of marble. The front face of the pedestal has an inscription that reads: "To the Glory of God / And / In Memory of / (names, with regiments) / OLD SCHOLARS OF THE BOYS SCHOOL / CHRIST CHURCH, BARNET. / WHO FELL WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN OF 1899 - 1902 / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / BY THEIR OLD SCHOOL-FELLOWS AND FRIENDS / JULY 1903. / 'RENDER TO ALL THEIR DUES / HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR.'" The entire structure is set on a square marble platform that rests on a stone paving slab.
Local climate
Barnet Boer War Memorial 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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