Reigate War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 2015. War memorial. 8 related planning applications.
Reigate War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tilted-pillar-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reigate and Banstead
- Constituency
- Reigate MP: Rebecca Paul (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Reigate War Memorial, St Mark's Church, Alma Road, Surrey, RH2 0DA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 255 508
- Coordinates
- 51.24338, -0.20292
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Reigate War Memorial is a 17-foot memorial constructed from Hopton Wood stone, erected as a tribute following the First World War. It takes the form of a large Calvary cross with a pitched roof, set atop a tapering, chamfered square column. This column stands on an octagonal plinth, which itself rises from a three-stepped octagonal base. The top of the plinth has an overhang decorated with floral carvings, while the base of the plinth itself is sloping. The shaft of the memorial carries the inscription "GREATER / LOVE / HATH / NO / MAN / THAN / THIS" in gold leaf, with all other lettering using enamel inserts. On the front face of the plinth is inscribed "TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING AND / GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO FOR OUR / COUNTRY OUR HOMES / AND FOR US / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR.” An inscription encircles the base of the plinth, reading “1914-1918 / MAY THE SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL / THROUGH THE MERCY OF GOD / REST IN PEACE / GRANT THEM O LORD / ETERNAL REST AND / LET LIGHT PERPETUAL / SHINE UPON THEM.” The names of those who died in the First World War are listed on seven faces of the base.
Local climate
Reigate War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 64% 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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- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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