War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harrow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 2002. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- guardian-portal-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harrow
- Constituency
- Harrow East MP: Bob Blackman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 2002
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 191 916
- Coordinates
- 51.6113, -0.28015
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Edgware War Memorial, built in 1920 by an unknown mason, features a Celtic cross made of hammer-dressed grey Cornish granite. It stands on a three-stage base, surrounded by nine granite dwarf posts. The north and south faces of the base display lists of Edgware's First World War casualties, organized by year. The foot of the cross is inscribed on the north and south sides with the words 'FOR REMEMBRANCE' and 'Let us here highly resolve that these heroic dead shall not have died in vain.' The east side of the base bears the inscription 'Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for a friend,' while the west side is inscribed with 'He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.' The memorial was unveiled on 27 March 1920 and commemorates the 55 men from Edgware who died in the Great War of 1914-1919.
Local climate
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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