Eastbourne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Eastbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 2017. War memorial.
Eastbourne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- second-bailey-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Eastbourne
- Constituency
- Eastbourne MP: Josh Babarinde (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Eastbourne War Memorial, Memorial Roundabout, South Street, East Sussex, BN21 4QH
- OS grid reference
- TV 612 988
- Coordinates
- 50.76665, 0.28501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eastbourne War Memorial is a granite structure located on the roundabout at the top of Devonshire Place. It features a tall square pedestal that supports a bronze figure of the Angel of Victory. This figure stands with one foot on a wreathed globe, holding a sword and a wreath aloft. The pedestal has a stepped top above a cavetto cornice, adorned with bronze mounts of winged cherubic heads at the top corners and dolphins at the bottom, along with a moulded base.
On the front south face of the pedestal, there is a bronze wreath above a plaque with raised lettering that reads: "THE TRIBUTE OF/EASTBOURNE/TO HER GALLANT/SONS AND DAUGHTERS/WHO WERE FAITHFUL/UNTO DEATH/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914 – 1918/THEIR NAMES/ARE RECORDED/ON OAK TABLETS/IN THE TOWN HALL." The plinth has a moulded base and is elevated on two steps.
Additionally, a matching plaque has been added to the north face, which features the words "WORLD/WAR/II" within a wreath, along with the inscription "THOSE WHO DIED/1939 – 1945 WE/WILL/REMEMBER THEM." On the east side, there is a mismatched plaque for subsequent conflicts, which includes a gilded border, a wreath, and lettering.
Local climate
Eastbourne War Memorial receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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