Rusper War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 2016. War memorial.
Rusper War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- vacant-corbel-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Rusper War Memorial, Churchyard of Church of St Mary Magdalene, High Street, RH12 4PX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 205 373
- Coordinates
- 51.12259, -0.27891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rusper War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene Church, which is a Grade I listed building, and it faces the road. This memorial features an obelisk that stands on a square plinth, all of which is set on a three-stepped octagonal base.
The granite used for the memorial has a rough finish, and the plinth has a plain arched cartouche of polished stone on each side. These panels display incised inscriptions and the names of those who fell. The front face of the plinth is decorated with a raised carving of a wreath that has a cross at its center. Below this carving is the inscription: IN / THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919.
On another side of the plinth, following the list of names from the First World War, the years 1939 – 1945 are inscribed, along with the names of those who fell in the Second World War.
Local climate
Rusper 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 greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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