Hornchurch War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Havering local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 2022. War memorial. 3 related planning applications.
Hornchurch War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-steel-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Havering
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster MP: Julia Lopez (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 April 2022
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hornchurch War Memorial, High Street, RM12 6QP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 543 870
- Coordinates
- 51.56085, 0.22552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hornchurch War Memorial is a war memorial built in 1921, designed by Sir Charles Nicholson and erected by George Dockrill of Hornchurch. It is made of Clipstone stone, and the original bronze panels have been replaced with larger marble or granite panels that are incised with the names of the fallen. The memorial is located in a grassed area to the north-west of the lychgate serving the churchyard of the medieval Church of St Andrew in Hornchurch.
The memorial features a hexagonal plinth raised on a wide base with four steps. It has a tapering hexagonal shaft that supports a head with niches, each topped with a cusped ogee design, and is surmounted by a Latin cross. The memorial is set on a hexagonal paved area.
The replacement marble or granite panels surround the plinth on all sides except the southern face, filling the spaces more completely than the original bronze plaques. In 2017, plaques were added around the top step to commemorate individuals not originally included, such as merchant seamen and civilians. The north face of the step below features inscriptions related to the First World War, including a tribute to those who served and a biblical reference from 1 Samuel. The step below that contains an inscription for the Second World War, urging remembrance of those who sacrificed their lives.
Local climate
Hornchurch War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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