Beckenham war memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 2012. War memorial.
Beckenham war memorial
- WRENN ID
- ragged-gargoyle-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Beckenham and Penge MP: Liam Conlon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 2012
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Beckenham war memorial, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 369 693
- Coordinates
- 51.40691, -0.03202
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beckenham war memorial is made of Portland stone and stands approximately 7.5 meters high. It features a tall, rectangular column on a two-tier base, topped with a stylised, in-filled Celtic cross. Both faces of the cross have bas-relief carvings; the north side shows a mounted St George slaying the dragon, while the south side depicts a phoenix rising from the ashes, with the word "IMMORTALITY" spelled out in bronze letters above it.
The north face of the column has an inscription in applied bronze lettering that reads:
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF / THE MEN AND WOMEN OF / BECKENHAM / WHO FELL IN THE TWO / WORLD WARS / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945
On the south face, the inscription in applied bronze lettering states:
HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH / A MAN MAY DIE / FIGHTING FOR GOD AND / RIGHT AND LIBERTY / AND SUCH A DEATH IS / IMMORTALITY
Additionally, a Roll of Honour is displayed on several bronze plaques arranged around the lower part of the column.
Local climate
Beckenham 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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