Leytonstone War Memorial and Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 2014. War memorial.
Leytonstone War Memorial and Gardens
- WRENN ID
- winter-tallow-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Leyton and Wanstead MP: Mr Calvin Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TQ 392 862
- Coordinates
- 51.55811, 0.00714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Leytonstone War Memorial and Gardens features a tapering granite obelisk set on a shouldered plinth and a stepped base. The bottom step is circular, while the upper steps are semi-octagonal. Each face of the obelisk displays wreaths in carved relief, with small tie mouldings at its base. Although no names are inscribed on the memorial, there is evidence that metal plaques were once attached to the base.
The inscription on the base reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED. / IN SYMPATHY WITH THOSE WHO SUFFERED / AND / IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF / LEYTON AND LEYTONSTONE / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS / 1914 – 1918 – 1939 – 1945.
Surrounding the memorial, the gardens are arranged in a triangular shape and feature a brick boundary wall, granite curbing posts, and chains. Each of the four entrances to the gardens is flanked by two piers, with the main entrance supporting two electric light standards designed to resemble flames.
Local climate
Leytonstone War Memorial and Gardens sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 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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