Barcombe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lewes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2018. War memorial.
Barcombe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tenth-bracket-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lewes
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Barcombe War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard, Church Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 418 143
- Coordinates
- 50.91099, 0.01649
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barcombe War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected in 1920, which also commemorates the Second World War. It is made of Cornish granite and is located near the north porch of the Church of St Mary, which is a Grade II* listed building.
The memorial features a fully-enclosed wheel cross with a central boss and incised decoration on each quadrant of its front face, supported by a tall shaft. It is set into a tapered plinth that stands on a square, three-stepped base. The front (east) face of the plinth is inscribed with the words "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ 1914-19/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Barcombe War Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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