War memorial within the churchyard of Parish Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 2020. War memorial.
War memorial within the churchyard of Parish Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- stark-stone-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SZ 537 765
- Coordinates
- 50.58647, -1.24215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial located within the churchyard of the Parish Church of St Lawrence is a commemorative structure dedicated to those who served in the First World War, with additional inscriptions for the Second World War and the Malaysian Emergency.
Made of limestone, the memorial features a wheel cross with floriated terminals, set on a sharply tapered plinth and square base atop a rubble mound. The arms of the cross are inscribed with the words "LEST WE FORGET," while the base of the shaft carries the inscription "IN/ HONOURED/ MEMORY/ OF." The front face of the plinth lists the names of those who "WENT FROM THE UNDERCLIFF AND/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919," and states that "THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF/ ST LAWRENCE IN DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE BRAVE/ MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN AND WITH SINCERE SYMPATHY/ WITH THOSE WHO ARE LEFT TO MOURN THEIR LOSS." The front face of the base of the cross includes the inscription "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." Additionally, the side of the plinth commemorates "THOSE MEN OF/ ST LAWRENCE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945" and lists names from that conflict, as well as a name from Malaya in 1948.
Local climate
War memorial within the churchyard of Parish Church of St Lawrence 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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