Finchampstead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Finchampstead War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- quartered-railing-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Finchampstead War Memorial, Finchampstead Memorial Park, the Village, RG40 4JU
- OS grid reference
- SU 793 631
- Coordinates
- 51.36189, -0.86205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Finchampstead War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for subsequent conflicts. It is located at the southern edge of Finchampstead Memorial Park and is made of Portland stone.
The design of the memorial is based on Sir Reginald Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice but features some variations at the foot of the cross shaft and pedestal. It consists of a tall Latin cross, which is octagonal in section, standing on an octagonal pedestal. This pedestal is elevated on an octagonal plinth that has a projecting top for placing floral tributes. The plinth itself rests on a low base with three steps. A bronze reversed sword is affixed to the front face of the cross.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal states: 'TO/ THE MEMORY OF/ FINCHAMPSTEAD MEN/ WHO IN THE GREAT/ WAR DIED FOR/ JUSTICE, LIBERTY/ AND RIGHT'. Below this, on the base, it notes 'ALL HALLOW E'EN/ MCMXX'. On the rear of the pedestal, there is an additional inscription that reads: 'I AM/ THE RESURRECTION/ AND THE LIFE/ HE THAT/ LOSETH HIS LIFE/ FOR MY SAKE/ SHALL FIND IT'.
The names of those commemorated are inscribed on the remaining faces of the pedestal and plinth, including the name of a soldier who died in 2007, which has been added to the rear of the plinth.
Local climate
Finchampstead 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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