Arborfield, Newland and Barkham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. War memorial. 8 related planning applications.
Arborfield, Newland and Barkham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-cellar-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Arborfield, Newland and Barkham War Memorial, The Bull, Arborfield Cross, Reading, RG2 9QD
- OS grid reference
- SU 761 670
- Coordinates
- 51.39777, -0.9062
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Arborfield, Newland and Barkham War Memorial is a First World War memorial erected in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is located on the north-east side of the main roundabout in the centre of Arborfield Cross and is enclosed by sixteen two-foot granite posts that support a steel rail on three sides, with part of the front featuring a low chain link fence. The memorial is constructed of granite and features lead lettering.
The monument consists of a series of three steps leading up to a roughly-hewn plinth, which is topped by a Celtic wheel cross. The cross is engraved with linear knotwork on its arms and wheel, and it features a Chi-Rho symbol in the centre.
The plinth has inscriptions in lead lettering on three sides. The western side reads: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ PROUD AND GRATIFIED REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN/ OF ARBORFIELD AND NEWLAND/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER.” The north and south sides list the names of those who died in the First World War. Additionally, a plaque was added to the western side at the base of the plinth, which states: ‘ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ARBORFIELD, NEWLAND AND BARKHAM/ WHO DIED FOR US/ IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945’. Below this are the names of those who fell in the Second World War, followed by the inscription ‘AND 1914-1919 EE STURGES OF BARKHAM/ “WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.”
Local climate
Arborfield, Newland and Barkham War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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