Memorial commemorating the construction of Dunsfold Airfield in 1942 is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
Memorial commemorating the construction of Dunsfold Airfield in 1942
- WRENN ID
- tilted-quoin-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial commemorating the construction of Dunsfold Airfield in 1942, Dunsfold Park Ltd, Rutland House, Dunsfold Park, Stovolds Hill, Cranleigh, Alfold, GU6 8TB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 026 365
- Coordinates
- 51.1194, -0.53539
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dunsfold Airfield Memorial is a stone structure built in 1942 by Stephen Trenka to commemorate the construction of Dunsfold airfield. Made of limestone, the memorial is hexagonal in shape and faces south, located on the lawn in front of the Dunsfold control tower. It is set into a stepped hexagonal base.
The memorial features a hexagonal stone pillar that is approximately 1.3 meters high and 0.5 meters wide. The southern face displays a carved image of the Royal Canadian Engineers regimental badge within a square panel, above an inscription that reads: DUNSFOLD AERODROME / OPENED BY / LIEUTENANT / AGL MCNAUGHTON / GOC OF / FIRST CANADIAN ARMY / AND / HANDED OVER TO / AIR MARSHALL / H EDWARDS / AIR OFFICER / COMMANDING IN CHIEF / RCAE OVERSEAS / FOR THE USE OF / THE / ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE / 16 OCT 1942.
The south-east, south-west, and north faces each feature a carved image of a maple leaf. The north-east face displays the insignia of the Canadian Forestry Corps, while the north-west face shows the insignia of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Below the insignia on the north-west face is another inscription that states: THIS AERODROME / WAS BUILT BY / THE / ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS / ASSISTED BY / CANADIAN FORESTRY CORPS / R.C.A.S.C / R.C.O.C / MCMXIII.
The pillar is supported by a stepped hexagonal base that is approximately 2 meters wide, constructed from cut stone slabs.
Local climate
Memorial commemorating the construction of Dunsfold Airfield in 1942 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 greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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