Riddlesdown War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 2017. War memorial.

Riddlesdown War Memorial

WRENN ID
strange-step-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South MP: Chris Philp (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Riddlesdown War Memorial, St James' Church, St James' Road, Purley, Surrey, CR8 2DL
OS grid reference
TQ 319 607
Coordinates
51.33031, -0.1076
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Riddlesdown War Memorial is a tall stone octagonal pillar topped by a gabled Calvary. It stands on an X-shaped plinth, with inscriptions on each face. The front three inscriptions read: the left-most face states "ALSO / OF THOSE / WHO DIED / IN THE / WORLD WAR / A.D. / 1939 - 1945"; the middle face honors "THOSE WHO MADE / THE GREAT SACRIFICE / IN THE WORLD WAR / ANNO DOMINE 1914 - 1918 / IN THE HOPE OF PEACE / & GOODWILL ON EARTH"; and the right face expresses "MAY THEY FIND PEACE AND JOY / + / JESUS SAID: / A NEW COMMANDMENT / I GIVE UNTO YOU / THAT YE LOVE / ONE ANOTHER." The remaining faces list the names of the Fallen, with those from the Second World War on a face marked '1939 - 1945'. The memorial is supported by a square base.

Local climate

Riddlesdown 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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