War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harrow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 2001. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dusted-window-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harrow
- Constituency
- Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner MP: David Simmonds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 123 896
- Coordinates
- 51.59439, -0.37983
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Pinner was designed by Sir Bertram Mackennal and completed in 1921. It is made of buff Derbyshire sandstone and stands on a granite base, featuring bronze inscription tablets. Each side of the square shaft has a raised cross, topped with a wreath and fillets. The shaft has a shallow pyramidal top and rests on a five-stage stepped base, with the second highest stage being loped and the lowest made of granite. The main inscription reads, "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM PINNER WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1919. IT IS BETTER FOR US TO DIE IN BATTLE THAN TO BEHOLD THE CALAMITY OF OUR PEOPLE." The memorial was unveiled on January 16, 1921, by Major-General Lord Cheylesmore, who was the chairman of the Middlesex Territorial Association.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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