Chipstead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 2017. Memorial.
Chipstead War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- winter-garret-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reigate and Banstead
- Constituency
- Reigate MP: Rebecca Paul (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Chipstead War Memorial, Church Green, Star Lane, Surrey, CR5 3RD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 282 564
- Coordinates
- 51.29235, -0.16169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chipstead War Memorial is made of Portland stone and is situated on Church Green, facing the entrance to the Church of St Margaret. It features a medieval cross with floriated details that ends in a moulded cap, which is placed atop a tapering octagonal shaft. This shaft rises from an octagonal plinth, which has carved shields of the Bishops of Southwark and Chertsey in arched niches on two of its faces, along with a depiction of George and the Dragon on another face. The entire structure stands on an octagonal two-stepped base.
The main dedication honoring those who fell in the First World War is located within an arched niche on the plinth. It reads: "TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE/ CHIPSTEAD MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS RAISED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS/ 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'/ ECCLESIASTICUS XLIV 14." The other faces of the plinth contain square niches with the names of the fallen inscribed within them.
Below the First World War dedication, the moulded base of the plinth features a dedication for the Second World War that states: "ALSO OF THOSE/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR OF/ 1939 – 45." The other faces of the moulded plinth base are inscribed with the names of those who fell during the Second World War.
Local climate
Chipstead 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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