Merstham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 2018. War memorial. 10 related planning applications.
Merstham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- burning-slate-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reigate and Banstead
- Constituency
- East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Merstham War Memorial, School Hill, Surrey, RH1 3EG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 290 531
- Coordinates
- 51.2633, -0.15207
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Merstham War Memorial is a Celtic cross monument built in 1921 to commemorate the 90 local men who died in the First World War. After 1945, the names of 35 individuals who died in the Second World War were added. The memorial is constructed from granite and features applied metal lettering. It is located on School Hill, near the junction with London Road. The memorial consists of a roughly hewn Celtic cross, with a relief-carved sword on its front, set upon a tapered, square plinth and base. Applied lettering on the front of the cross shaft reads "IN MEMORY / OF / THE MEN OF / MERSTHAM / WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES / FOR / THEIR COUNTRY / IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918." Below this, the names of 90 local men who died in the First World War are inscribed on the front face of the plinth. An inscription on the east face of the plinth, marked with applied lettering reading "TO THE MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR / 3 SEP 1939 – 15 AUG 1945”, commemorates those who died in the Second World War, with the names of 35 fallen individuals recorded below.
Local climate
Merstham 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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