Merrow War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 2016. War memorial.
Merrow War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- buried-buttress-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Merrow War Memorial, The Churchyard, St John's Church, Trodd's Lane, Surrey, GU1 2RQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 029 506
- Coordinates
- 51.24568, -0.52696
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Merrow War Memorial is a tall sandstone structure located in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Evangelist. It features a Latin cross that rises from a moulded collar atop an octagonal shaft. This shaft is set on a square plinth, which has a rose carved in relief at the center of each side within a blind quatrefoil. The plinth is elevated on a four-stepped base, with the lower step having a slight overhang to allow for the placement of floral tributes.
The main dedicatory inscription is carved around the top step of the base and reads: "THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED/ BY THE PEOPLE OF MERROW/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THE VILLAGE WHO IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY IN THE/ CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND HUMANITY." Additionally, a bronze plaque is affixed to a sloping stone support at the front of the lowest step, listing the 39 names of those who served in the First World War, with another plaque above it indicating "1939-1945/ (13 NAMES)."
Local climate
Merrow War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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