Puttenham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Puttenham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- pale-trefoil-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Puttenham War Memorial, the Street, Surrey, GU3 1AR
- OS grid reference
- SU 932 478
- Coordinates
- 51.22219, -0.66585
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Puttenham War Memorial is located prominently on The Street in the village of Puttenham, next to the Church of St John the Baptist. It is situated in a paved stone corner that is accessed by three steps.
The memorial features a sandstone hooded calvary cross with an octagonal shaft, which is mounted on an octagonal plinth. This is further set upon a sandstone octagonal base, which itself rests on a two-stepped Portland stone base, with the upper part being octagonal and the lower part square. Both the hood and the shaft display some carved decorative details, and all the lettering from the First World War period is styled in a decorative Celtic manner.
On the south face of the plinth, there is a Celtic-style square motif with the letters A M D G, which stands for ‘Ad Maiorum Dei Gloriam’, meaning ‘to the greater glory of God’. Below this, the inscription reads: IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.
Surrounding the octagonal base are 14 names along with their regiments, and on three sides, the inscription states: THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
A rectangular stone plaque was later added to the south face of the memorial’s base, inscribed with the years 1939-1945. Below this plaque are the names of 11 men who lost their lives in the Second World War.
There are several planters adjacent to the memorial, but these are not of special interest and are not included in the listing.
Local climate
Puttenham War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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, 15 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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