Wadhurst War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 2015. War memorial.
Wadhurst War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- deep-gateway-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TQ 636 320
- Coordinates
- 51.06475, 0.33396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wadhurst War Memorial is a structure made of Portland stone, standing approximately 4 meters tall. It features an ornate wheel-head cross with spiral patterns carved in relief, which is mounted on an octagonal column. This column is set on an octagonal plinth, elevated by a three-stepped octagonal base. The memorial is situated on an area of stone paving within a small, hedged garden.
Around the plinth of the memorial, inscriptions commemorate the sacrifice of the local community, stating: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN MEN OF WADHURST WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEY BE NOT FORGOTTEN/ (NAMES)/ AND OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945 (NAMES)."
To the left of the war memorial, there is a small block of Portland stone that was erected in 2014. This block features a carving of the wheel-head cross from the First World War memorial and includes the inscription: "WADHURST’S WAR MEMORIAL WAS/ ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED AND/ DEDICATED IN 1921. IN THIS CENTENARY/ YEAR OF THE DECLARATION OF WAR IN/ 1914 THIS STONE IS DEDICATED TO/ THE MEMORY OF ALL FROM WADHURST/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES INCLUDING/ THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE NOT/ OTHERWISE RECORDED HERE."
Local climate
Wadhurst 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 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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