Harrow on the Hill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harrow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 2002. War memorial.
Harrow on the Hill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-solder-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harrow
- Constituency
- Harrow West MP: Gareth Thomas (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 2002
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Harrow on the Hill War Memorial, Grove Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 154 877
- Coordinates
- 51.57697, -0.33536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harrow on the Hill War Memorial is a war memorial built in 1921, designed by architect William Douglas Caröe. It is made of Portland stone and features a Free Gothic style, resembling a wayside calvary cross. The memorial stands on an octagonal base with four steps, which are inscribed with the names of the fallen. The plinth has set-back corners and fielded panels on each face, with the central panel displaying raised gilded lettering in Free Roman capitals that reads "HARROW ON THE HILL TOWN MEMORIAL." Above this is an octagonal frieze with an inscription in Lombardic script that begins with "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY," and the lower register is decorated with ball-flower ornamentation. At the top, there is a tapering cross with a coped cover, supported by cusped arms below.
Local climate
Harrow on the Hill War Memorial 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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