Ventnor War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 2019. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Ventnor War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lesser-dormer-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Ventnor War Memorial, Park Avenue, PO38 1LE
- OS grid reference
- SZ 555 772
- Coordinates
- 50.59251, -1.21633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ventnor War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, designed by Stephen Canning Day, with later additions following the Second World War. It is constructed from Ventnor ragstone and Welsh slate and is situated on Park Avenue, at the northern edge of Ventnor Park. The memorial takes the form of a ragstone cenotaph set upon a plinth, flanked by tapered buttresses, and standing on a three-stepped platform. The north face features a carved stone wreath with the words "OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD" incised below. Beneath this is a recessed slate panel bearing the inscription “TO THE GLORY OF GOD./ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF VENTNOR/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)". A slate plaque on the south face commemorates the men and women of Ventnor who lost their lives in both the First World War (1939-1945) and the Second World War (1914-1918), listing names of those in military service and civilian life.
Local climate
Ventnor War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 14 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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