Hook War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 2017. War memorial.
Hook War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- wild-obsidian-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton MP: Ed Davey (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hook War Memorial, St Paul's Churchyard, 280 Hook Road, Surrey, KT9 1PF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 179 646
- Coordinates
- 51.36906, -0.30638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hook War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Paul in Hook.
The memorial features an upper section designed as a pediment, which displays a Latin cross in front of a crossed sword and anchor motif within the tympanum. This area also includes wreaths and leaves. Below the pediment, a frieze is inscribed with the years 1914 and 1918, along with the words "TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD." Beneath this is a rectangular stone tablet that lists the names of the fallen in two columns. Below the names, there are two inscriptions: "WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL?" and "WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE?". The tablet is flanked by Corinthian columns on either side and rests on a two-stage, single-stepped base. The front face of the upper stage of the base carries the inscription: "THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE / PARISHIONERS OF HOOK AND SOUTHBOROUGH / IN MEMORY OF THE MEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US." The entire structure is set on a single step made of a contrasting material.
Local climate
Hook War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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