Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Trophy (War Memorial), Crystal Palace Park is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 2011. War memorial.
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Trophy (War Memorial), Crystal Palace Park
- WRENN ID
- pitched-gutter-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Beckenham and Penge MP: Liam Conlon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 2011
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Trophy (War Memorial), Crystal Palace Park, The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Trophy (War Memorial), London
- OS grid reference
- TQ 346 709
- Coordinates
- 51.42173, -0.0647
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Trophy, located in Crystal Palace Park, is a war memorial consisting of two parts: a hipped-roofed, timber-framed open-sided pavilion and a memorial ship's bell situated on a table. The ship's bell is supported by two large upturned dolphins with swirling tails, and the table features angled legs carved to resemble rope. Originally, a bronze medallion depicting a ship in full sail was mounted on the front of the table, flanked by two anchors, but these elements, along with a banner beneath the medallion, have been removed.
The timber pavilion sits on a concrete platform and is supported by three square wooden posts at each corner. It has a steeply-hipped slate roof with exposed square cut rafter feet. Surrounding the pavilion platform is a series of iron bollards linked by rope, and railings enclose the entire monument, which includes a flowerbed. Two inscription panels were originally attached to the railings, but both are now missing.
Local climate
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Trophy (War Memorial), Crystal Palace Park 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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