Farnham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 2020. War memorial.
Farnham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- peeling-stone-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Farnham and Bordon MP: Gregory Stafford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Farnham War Memorial, Gostrey Meadow Recreation Ground, South Street Entrance, Surrey, GU9 7RT
- OS grid reference
- SU 842 466
- Coordinates
- 51.21315, -0.79508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Farnham War Memorial is a war memorial designed by architect W C Watson and dedicated in 1921, with a subsequent dedication for the Second World War added later.
Constructed from Portland stone, the memorial features a three-stepped base topped by two hexagonal plinths. The upper plinth supports a tall, tapering shaft adorned with a tracery cross patonce.
On the front face of the upper plinth, there is an inset stone plaque with relief carvings of the Pelican-in-her-Piety and the Farnham coat of arms, along with the inscription ‘IN GRATEFUL MEM-/ ORY OF THE MEN/ OF FARNHAM WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR/ COUNTRY/ WHAT I/ GAVE I HAVE’. This plaque is flanked by the dates ‘1914’ and ‘1918’, with the dates ‘1939-1945’ below. The other faces of the upper plinth display plaques bearing the names of those who fell in the First World War, one of which is a replacement from 2017. The front face of the lower plinth has an inscription that reads ‘AND OF/ THE MEN AND WOMEN OF/ FARNHAM WHO LOST THEIR/ LIVES BY ENEMY ACTION IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR’, flanked by the dates ‘1939’ and ‘1945’, while its other faces list the names of the Second World War fallen.
Local climate
Farnham 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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