Chilworth (St Martha) War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 2017. Memorial.
Chilworth (St Martha) War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- broken-tracery-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Chilworth (St Martha) War Memorial, Dorking Road, Surrey
- OS grid reference
- TQ 032 473
- Coordinates
- 51.21589, -0.52243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chilworth War Memorial is a First World War memorial located in a small landscaped area at the eastern end of Chilworth village, along Dorking Road.
The memorial features a stone Latin cross that rises from a square plinth with a chamfered top and moulded foot, which sits atop a three-stepped octagonal base. An inverted bronze sword is attached to the front of the cross, resembling the Blomfield Cross of Sacrifice. Bronze plaques are mounted on three sides of the plinth; one plaque displays the main inscription, while the names of six individuals are listed on the other two plaques. The main inscription, presented in relief lettering on the front face, reads: IN GRATITUDE TO/ ALMIGHTY GOD/ FOR THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO GOING FORTH / FROM THIS PARISH OF SAINT/ MARTHA GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919. Below this, the words: HOLD SUCH/ IN/ HONOUR are incised into the upper step of the base.
The memorial is set on a square, paved area that is bordered by shrubs, with a path leading from the road up to the memorial.
Local climate
Chilworth (St Martha) 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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