Crowborough War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 2017. War memorial. 4 related planning applications.

Crowborough War Memorial

WRENN ID
watchful-bonework-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 June 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Crowborough War Memorial, Outside All Saint's Church, Chapel Green, Church Road, TN6 1ED
OS grid reference
TQ 518 306
Coordinates
51.055, 0.16507
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Crowborough War Memorial is a First World War memorial erected in 1920, with the architect unknown. It features a four metre tall obelisk made of Portland stone, which is mounted on a square, stepped plinth. This obelisk and plinth are set within a semi-circular sandstone wall that displays 12 granite tablets listing the roll of honour. A stone laurel wreath in relief is featured on the front of the obelisk.

The plinth bears the inscription: IN / PROUD AND GRATEFUL / MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / CROWBOROUGH AND DISTRICT / WHO DIED / IN THE DEFENCE / OF THEIR COUNTRY / 1914-1919 / ERECTED BY / PARENTS AND FRIENDS / “THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS / ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD”.

To the west of the obelisk, six tablets are inscribed with the names of 191 servicemen from the First World War, while the six tablets to the east commemorate those who fell in the Second World War. The tablets at each end remain blank, and the middle four are inscribed with: 1939 - 1945 / ROYAL NAVY/ / ARMY/ // / ROYAL AIR FORCE / / MERCHANT NAVY/ // CANADIAN ARMY/ / US ARMY AIR FORCE / / CIVILIANS /.

Local climate

Crowborough War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% 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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