Sandown War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 2019. War memorial.
Sandown War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- outer-pediment-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Sandown War Memorial, Esplanade, PO36 8LA
- OS grid reference
- SZ 600 842
- Coordinates
- 50.65448, -1.15199
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sandown War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected in 1921, designed by Percy Stone, with later additions for the Second World War. It is situated on a specially constructed semi-circular bastion with iron railings that extend towards the sea from the esplanade.
The memorial is made of Cornish granite and faces north-west towards the Esplanade. It features a tall cross that stands on a curved plinth, which is set on a two-stepped base. The cross is adorned with knot carving and has a wheel that bears a quotation from the book of Ecclesiasticus: ‘THEIR / NAME / LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'. The shaft of the cross has panels inscribed with the phrases, ‘EACH / GAVE / A / LIFE FOR YOU AND ME’ (from the ‘Ballads of Battle’ by Lance Corporal Joseph Lee) and ‘A MEMORIAL / TO THE / SANDOWN/ MEN / WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1920’.
On the front of the plinth, there is a recessed panel with metal lettering that reads, ‘REMEMBER THE LOVE OF THEM/ WHO CAME NOT HOME/ FROM THE WARS’. Below this panel, the dates ‘1914-18 – 1939-45’ have been added. The names of those who lost their lives in the First World War are inscribed on the other sides of the plinth, and a granite plaque listing the Second World War dead has been added to the face of the top step.
Local climate
Sandown 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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