Wargrave War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. War memorial. 6 related planning applications.

Wargrave War Memorial

WRENN ID
waning-porch-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 December 1983
Type
War memorial
Address
Wargrave War Memorial, Station Road, RG10 8EU
OS grid reference
SU 783 784
Coordinates
51.49926, -0.87214
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wargrave War Memorial stands at the south end of the village green. It is a Portland stone war cross set atop an unusually high hexagonal plinth, the shape of which reflects the shaft's cross-section. The memorial is raised on a stepped base, consisting of four steps: the top three are shallow, with a deeper lowest step and a single block step at the front. Inscribed on the front (south) of the plinth are the words “Wargrave/ MCMXIV MCMXIX/ MCMXXXIX MXMXLV”. On the back (north) are inscribed “HER GLORIOUS DEAD/ MCMXIV MCMXIX/ MCMXXXIX MXMXLV”. The names of those who fell are inscribed around the base of the cross. Two later stone tablets, set into the ground at the front of the base, repeat the names inscribed on the memorial, with some additional names.

Local climate

Wargrave War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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