Peaslake War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Peaslake War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- veiled-string-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Peaslake War Memorial, Shere, GU5 9RL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 086 447
- Coordinates
- 51.19164, -0.44647
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Peaslake War Memorial is a stone cross that tapers and has an octagonal shape, standing on a tall octagonal plinth with three octagonal steps as its base. The front of the memorial features a wreath and a sword of sacrifice.
Inscribed on the front are the words: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PEASLAKE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE," followed by the names of seventeen men who died during the First World War. An additional inscription on the rear honors twelve individuals who lost their lives in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945.
Local climate
Peaslake War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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