Brading 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. 2 related planning applications.
Brading War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallow-gallery-amber
- 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
- Brading War Memorial, Church of St Mary, High Street, Sandown, PO36 0ED
- OS grid reference
- SZ 606 872
- Coordinates
- 50.6822, -1.14293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brading War Memorial is a First World War memorial erected in 1921, designed as a Calvary cross. It is located in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, to the south-west of the church.
The memorial is made of Portland stone. It features a tall tapered shaft that is hollow-chamfered, with the chamfers extending into the head of the cross from a broached base. On the south face of the cross, there is a figure of Christ, which is sheltered by a gabled canopy. The cross stands on a tapered plinth, which is supported by a base made up of three octagonal steps. The bottom step is constructed from rubble masonry blocks, topped with Portland stone.
The front face of the plinth displays the inscription, "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF BRADING MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919," while the names of those who served are inscribed on the other sides of the plinth. Additionally, lettering added to the front face of the top step reads, "AND IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-45," with the names of those lost during that conflict recorded on the three southern faces of the step below. The inscriptions are carved in relief within recessed panels.
Local climate
Brading 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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