Esher Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 2015. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Esher Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- rusted-ashlar-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Constituency
- Esher and Walton MP: Monica Harding (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Esher Memorial Cross, KT10 8PY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 137 647
- Coordinates
- 51.37067, -0.3666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Esher Memorial Cross is located on Esher Green, near the junction of Lammas Lane and Church Street, opposite Christ Church. This 3-meter tall memorial features a stone cross that rises from a crown atop a tapering column. The column is positioned on an octagonal plinth, which is set on a stone base with four steps. A single railing surrounds the lowest and deepest step. The plinth is adorned with a series of bronze plaques that display names, alternating with panels of incised stone.
The inscription for the First World War reads:
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ THOSE WHOM THIS CROSS/ COMMEMORATES WERE/ NUMBERED AMONG THE/ MEN WHO AT THE CALL/ OF KING AND COUNTRY/ LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR/ TO THEM, ENDURED/ HARDSHIP, FACED DANGER/ AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN/ BY THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF SACRIFICE/ GIVING UP THEIR OWN/ LIVES THAT OTHERS/ MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ LET THOSE WHO COME/ AFTER SEE TO IT THAT/ THEIR NAMES BE NOT/ FORGOTTEN.
Dates for the Second World War were added, along with the following inscription dedicated to the 47 names recorded:
1939-45/ IN EQUAL HONOUR/ THESE ALSO DIED/ FOR FREEDOM.
The memorial is situated on a paved area surrounded by small flower beds at the edge of Esher Green, accessible from the pavement by two low steps. Eight low posts support a chain that encircles the memorial.
Local climate
Esher Memorial Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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