Memorial to Major Geoffrey Brooke Parnell, Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford. is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2016. Memorial.
Memorial to Major Geoffrey Brooke Parnell, Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford.
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-pinnacle-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to Major Geoffrey Brooke Parnell, Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford., Churchyard of the Church of Holy Trinity, Surrey, GU1 3HJ
- OS grid reference
- SU 998 494
- Coordinates
- 51.23566, -0.5707
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Memorial to Major Geoffrey Brooke Parnell, located at Holy Trinity Church on High Street in Guildford, is a First World War memorial created in 1922 by Edith Farmiloe and erected by Messrs Moon and Son.
The memorial features a bronze sculpture of Major Geoffrey Brooke Parnell, depicted as a winged figure in robes that represent him as a saint. The sculpture stands upright on a rectangular stone plinth with a chamfered single-stepped base. It faces west and is positioned near a north-south aligned pathway at the western end of the churchyard.
The sculpture is approximately 1.15 meters high and 0.6 meters wide, showcasing a dignified posture that contrasts with the pale stone plinth, which is 1.5 meters high and 0.7 meters wide. The figure holds a drawn sword in its right hand, resting it on the top of the plinth, while its left hand is clenched at its side.
On the plinth, there is a single west-facing panel inscribed with the following text: "IN LOVING AND/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF GEOFFREY BROOKE/ PARNELL. MAJOR 1ST/ BATTN THE QUEENS/ REGIMENT AND THE/ OFFICERS AND MEN OF/ THE BATTALION WHO/ FELL AT HIGH WOOD/ JULY 15TH 1916 IN THE/ BATTLE OF THE SOMME./ THIS/ MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED/ ERECTED BY HIS SISTER/ EDITH FARMILOE."
Local climate
Memorial to Major Geoffrey Brooke Parnell, Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford. receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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