War Memorial at Westow Street is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 2017. War memorial. 8 related planning applications.
War Memorial at Westow Street
- WRENN ID
- muted-gravel-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Streatham and Croydon North MP: Steve Reed (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial at Westow Street, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3AF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 334 704
- Coordinates
- 51.41767, -0.0821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial stands at Westow Street and was erected after the First World War, with later additions commemorating the Second World War. It is a tall pillar constructed from Portland stone, set upon a plinth which itself sits on a stone base. The top of the pillar is adorned with carved decorations in the form of a cross amidst spiral elements. The front face carries the inscription “TO THE / MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF UPPER / NORWOOD / WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / --- / ALSO / COMMEMORATING / ALL THOSE / WHO DIED IN THE / 1939 - 1945 / WAR.” Below this inscription, on the plinth, is the text: “AS A LASTING MEMORIAL / AN ENDOWMENT FOR THE NORWOOD / COTTAGE HOSPITAL WAS PROVIDED / AND THIS MONUMENT ERECTED.” An eroded inscription, presented in italicized lower case letters, reads "For their country they died / in [illegible] memory they live."
Local climate
War Memorial at Westow Street 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 — 8 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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