Promenade de Verdun War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 2016. Memorial landscape. 3 related planning applications.
Promenade de Verdun War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-portal-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon South MP: Chris Philp (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 2016
- Type
- Memorial landscape
- Address
- Promenade de Verdun War Memorial, Woodcote, Purley, CR8 3LN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 299 613
- Coordinates
- 51.33668, -0.13594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Promenade de Verdun War Memorial is located on the Woodcote Estate in Purley. It comprises a landscaped area featuring a long, straight road, approximately half a kilometer long and the only straight road on the estate, which leads up to an obelisk memorial. This location was selected due to the gradual incline of the land, which originally offered views of five counties.
The memorial landscape is anchored by a substantial granite obelisk, approximately six meters high, which serves as a focal point. The obelisk was carved from a single block of stone in a Cornish quarry by The London Granite Co. Ltd. The south end of the road finishes in a circular drive, bordered by tall hedges. A crescent-shaped area of grass is situated in front of the hedges, displaying the obelisk. An inscription on the north face reads: AUX/ SOLDATS DE FRANCE/ MORTS GLORIEUSEMENT/ PENDANT LA GRAND GUERRE.
Local climate
Promenade de Verdun War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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