War Memorial, Waltham Forest Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 2014. War memorial. 7 related planning applications.
War Memorial, Waltham Forest Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- narrow-hall-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Waltham Forest Town Hall, Forest Road, London, E17 4JF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 377 898
- Coordinates
- 51.59056, -0.01232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial at Waltham Forest Town Hall, dating from 1922, is a free-standing stone structure dedicated to those who fell in the First World War, with later inscriptions honoring the Second World War and subsequent conflicts.
The memorial has a rectangular shape and features a stepped plinth topped with a neo-classical canopy supported by four Ionic columns. These columns hold up an entablature that includes a dentilled cornice. Inside the canopy is a tablet inscribed with the words ‘OUR / GLORIOUS / DEAD / “LEST WE FORGET” / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945', above which is a low relief moulded heraldic shield and foliation. At the base of the tablet, there is a plaque that reads 'IN MEMORY OF / THE FALLEN OF WALTHAMSTOW / 1945 TO THE PRESENT DAY'. Additionally, a sculpture of a mourning woman dressed in classical robes stands on the stepped base, leaning on the plinth with her head bowed.
Local climate
War Memorial, Waltham Forest Town Hall 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
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