War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 2014. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- young-glass-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SU 998 506
- Coordinates
- 51.24633, -0.57145
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This freestanding war memorial is located north of the junction of Stoke and Stocton Roads. It features a wheeled Celtic cross design with a tapering shaft made of tooled granite, a stepped pedestal, and an octagonal base constructed from coursed Bargate stone. The carved inscription on the pedestal includes the dedication: 'IN UNDYING MEMORY OF THOSE FROM / THIS PARISH OF STOKE NEXT GUILDFORD / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY HONOUR AND FREEDOM / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914–1918'. Below this, the names and ranks of the fallen are recorded.
Local climate
War Memorial 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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