Etchingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 2017. War memorial.
Etchingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hollow-frieze-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Etchingham War Memorial, St Mary and St Nicholas Churchyard, High Street, East Sussex, TN19 7AW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 713 261
- Coordinates
- 51.00949, 0.44145
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Etchingham War Memorial is a Portland stone memorial cross, approximately 3 meters tall, located in a roundabout on the path leading from the road to the south porch of the Parish Church of St Nicholas and St Mary, which is a Grade I-listed building. The memorial features a blind wheel-head cross with an octagonal shaft that rests on a three-tiered plinth, which is supported by a three-stepped, octagonal base. A reversed sword is incised into the front face of the cross.
An inscription on the front face of the foot of the cross shaft reads "UNTIL THE DAY DAWN." Additionally, there is a low relief inscription around the upper circular tier of the plinth that states, "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM." The main dedicatory inscription is incised into the front three faces of the octagonal middle tier, which reads, "MCMIV TO THE MCMXIX GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF MEN OF ETCHINGHAM WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR." The names of the deceased are recorded on the remaining faces of the plinth.
A small rectangular stone tablet has been added to the upper step of the base, which carries the dedication for the Second World War, stating, "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1939 – 1945 (NAMES)."
Local climate
Etchingham War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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