War memorial on the former St Aubyns School playing fields is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 2020. War memorial. 4 related planning applications.
War memorial on the former St Aubyns School playing fields
- WRENN ID
- silent-lime-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War memorial on the former St Aubyns School playing fields, Steyning Road, Rottingdean, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN2 7GA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 370 024
- Coordinates
- 50.80505, -0.05659
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a First World War memorial, erected between 1918 and 1926. It is constructed from polished pink granite and stands in the northwest corner of the former St Aubyns School playing fields, close to the sports pavilion. The memorial comprises a freestanding Calvary cross. A simple, finely carved Celtic cross is supported by a tapering, rectangular shaft set on a square, three-tier base, which stands on an unpolished stone plinth. The inscription "IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ BRAVE ST AUBYN’S BOYS WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918" is inscribed on the front face of the top step of the base. The names of those who died are inscribed on the front faces of the lower steps.
Local climate
War memorial on the former St Aubyns School playing fields receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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