Sidlesham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Sidlesham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- moated-flue-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Sidlesham War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Our Lady, Church Lane, West Sussex, PO20 7RH
- OS grid reference
- SZ 855 990
- Coordinates
- 50.78497, -0.78815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sidlesham War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary in Sidlesham. It features a squat obelisk on a square plinth and is enclosed within a small kerbed area.
On the front face, there is a tablet shaped like a scroll with the inscription in painted lettering that reads: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE."
At the base of the plinth, a raked block bears the inscription: "AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ 'AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM'."
Local climate
Sidlesham War Memorial receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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