Ashurst Wood War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 2018. War memorial.
Ashurst Wood War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- woven-cornice-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Ashurst Wood War Memorial, Junction of Hammerwood Road and Wall Hill Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3TQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 419 365
- Coordinates
- 51.11071, 0.02613
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ashurst Wood War Memorial is a sandstone structure located at a prominent junction on the main road in the village. It features a small Celtic cross atop a substantial square pedestal, which has a moulded cap and base, chamfered corners, and sunken panels. The pedestal stands on a splayed plinth and is elevated by two steps.
On the front face of the pedestal, it is inscribed with the words "TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ASHURST WOOD WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS LEST WE FORGET 1914-1918," along with 31 names on the other faces. The dates "1939-1945" are inscribed on the front of the base, which also displays 22 names on the other sides of the base and plinth.
The memorial is set on an area of random paving, with a curved rubble dwarf wall behind it and a rubble curb and steps with an iron handrail in front. The bollards on the north side of the memorial are not considered part of the designed ensemble and are not included in the listing.
Local climate
Ashurst Wood War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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