War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 2000. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 March 2000
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, High Street, Niton and Whitwell
OS grid reference
SZ 520 780
Coordinates
50.60021, -1.26552
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Whitwell War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1924. It is made of Portland stone and features a 3.5 metre tall Celtic cross on a three-stage base. The sides of the base have inscriptions dedicated to the memory of Whitwell men who were killed in the First and Second World Wars.

Local climate

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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