Shortlands War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 2014. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Shortlands War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- low-spindle-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Beckenham and Penge MP: Liam Conlon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TQ 392 688
- Coordinates
- 51.4015, -0.00014
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shortlands War Memorial is a 5-meter high Celtic cross made of Leckhampton stone. It features a chamfered and moulded plinth and stands on a square, concrete-rendered base that displays the names of 63 fallen individuals on three sides.
The arms of the cross have the inscription ‘LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS’ on the front face, while the shaft is marked with the dates ‘MCMXIV’ (1914) and ‘MCMXIX’ (1919). The front face of the base includes the inscription ‘OUR DEAD THROUGH WHOM WE LIVE’. Below this, a metal plaque reads ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN PROUD MEMORY/ OF THE/ MEN AND WOMEN OF SHORTLANDS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN TWO WORLD WARS/ 1914-1918 1939-1945/ THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED IN A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE KEPT IN THE PARISH CHURCH’. An additional small metal plaque is inscribed ‘ALSO REMEMBERED/ WITH GRATEFUL APPRECIATION/ THOSE WHO, SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR,/ HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN CONFLICTS/ AND PEACE KEEPING MISSIONS/ THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.’
Local climate
Shortlands War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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