Staines War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Spelthorne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 2016. War memorial. 4 related planning applications.
Staines War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ghost-postern-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Spelthorne
- Constituency
- Spelthorne MP: Lincoln Jopp (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Staines War Memorial, Market Square, Surrey, TW18 4RH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 033 715
- Coordinates
- 51.43334, -0.51411
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Staines War Memorial is made of Portland stone and is situated in Market Square. It features a carved winged figure of Victory, who holds a torch and a laurel wreath, positioned on an ornate pedestal. This pedestal has cornices at both the top and base, and is decorated with carved scrolled ornament and other motifs. The memorial stands on a square double plinth, which has projecting spurs at each corner, each featuring a figure of a serviceman. The figures represent a soldier in field kit with a rifle, a sailor in day rig with signal flags, an airman in flying rig, and a marine in field kit with a rifle.
The front face of the plinth displays an inscription in black lettering that reads: "TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1914 – 1918 THIS WAR MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF STAINES IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL HOMAGE TO THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN WHO ENDURED ALL AND GAVE ALL THAT HONOUR AND FREEDOM MIGHT PREVAIL THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM." The other faces of the plinth list the names of those who fell.
On the lower plinth, there is an inscription that reads: "1939 1945 IN MEMORIAM TO ALL THOSE KILLED AT HOME AND ABROAD THROUGH ENEMY ACTION THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." Below this, an inclined tablet lists the names of those who fell in the Second World War.
The entire structure is set upon an octagonal two-stepped base.
Local climate
Staines War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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