Men of St Peter's War Memorial, Lee is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 2015. A Modern War memorial.
Men of St Peter's War Memorial, Lee
- WRENN ID
- upper-transept-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Greenwich
- Constituency
- Eltham and Chislehurst MP: Clive Efford (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Men of St Peter's War Memorial, Lee, Courtlands Road, London, SE12 8JJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 406 750
- Coordinates
- 51.45674, 0.02258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Men of St Peter's War Memorial in Lee is a tall memorial located near the junction of Courtlands Avenue and Lyme Farm Road, set in a paved area in front of residential housing. Constructed from Portland stone, it features a Latin cross atop a round, classical shaft. At the intersection of the cross arms, there is a shield with the monogram IHS, and the terminals of the cross are adorned with carved oak leaves. The base of the cross is moulded, and the transition to the shaft is highlighted by relief carvings of oak leaves and acorns. The moulded foot ring of the shaft rises from a tapered, octagonal plinth with an outsailing cornice, which is supported by a two-stepped, octagonal base.
The cornice bears the inscription "GRANT THEM/ O LORD/ ETERNAL/ REST/ AND LET/ PERPETUAL/ LIGHT SHINE/ UPON THEM." The front face of the plinth is inscribed with "ERECTED TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO DIED/ ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ IN THE WAR 1914-1919/ AND/ 1939-1945." The names of those commemorated are carved into the other sides of the plinth.
Additionally, there is a metal plaque on the north-facing side of the plinth that reads, "THIS MEMORIAL STANDS/ ON THE SITE OF/ ST PETER'S ELTHAM/ BUILT 1870./ IT WAS DEMOLISHED/ IN 1960/ FOLLOWING DAMAGE/ SUSTAINED BY ENEMY/ ACTION DURING THE/ 1939-1945 WAR."
Local climate
Men of St Peter's War Memorial, Lee sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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