Romsey War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 2012. War memorial.
Romsey War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-chamber-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 2012
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Romsey War Memorial, Memorial Park, Hampshire
- OS grid reference
- SU 348 210
- Coordinates
- 50.98772, -1.50439
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Romsey War Memorial is located towards the north of the park. Made of light-coloured stone, it stands approximately 6 meters tall and features a tapering square column on a tall plinth with a two-stepped base. Each corner of the plinth has a shaped, angled buttress that extends outward and is capped with a ball finial at the base of the shaft. The shaft has a stylised cross on each face, with a recessed cross incised into it. Beneath the arms of the crosses, there is a winged putto at each corner, and a wreath is carved in relief on each face at the bottom of the shaft.
On the north side of the column, the inscription reads: "THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." Near the top of the column, the word "HONOUR" is inscribed. On the south side, the inscription states: "THE WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 / THEY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, / ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER AND / FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN / LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT / THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN." The Roll of Honour is inscribed on all four sides of the monument.
Local climate
Romsey War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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