Penge War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 2017. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Penge War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- mired-gallery-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Beckenham and Penge MP: Liam Conlon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Penge War Memorial, High Street, SE20 7HB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 352 703
- Coordinates
- 51.41647, -0.05584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a First World War memorial, erected in 1925 with later additions commemorating the Second World War. The memorial is constructed from granite and stands approximately 15 feet high. It takes the form of a Celtic cross set upon a tapered plinth and a two-stepped base. A sword of sacrifice is carved into the cross.
The First World War dedicatory plaque, featuring a carved wreath, is located on the front face of the plinth and reads: "ERECTED / BY THE / RESIDENTS OF PENGE / TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / IN PROUD MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO MADE / THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918." Plaques listing the names of local men who died in the First World War are affixed to the front and both sides of the upper step.
A plaque on the front face of the lower step commemorates those who have died in conflicts and peace-keeping missions since the Second World War and reads: "ALSO REMEMBERED / WITH GRATEFUL APPRECIATION / THOSE WHO, SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR, / HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN CONFLICTS / AND PEACE-KEEPING MISSIONS / THROUGHOUT THE WORD."
The Second World War plaque, added in 1947, is situated above the First World War plaque at the base of the shaft and reads: "ALSO / IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN AND WOMEN OF H.M. FORCES / CIVIL DEFENCE AND CIVILIAN POPULATION / OF PENGE / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945."
A plaque on the rear of the top step bears the inscription "UNVEILED BY FRANCIS P. HODES ESQ. J.P / CHAIRMAN OF THE / PENGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL / 1921 - 22". A plaque on the rear of the bottom step reads "EBBUTT & SONS LTD / CROYDON".
Local climate
Penge 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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