Staplefield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 2018. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Staplefield War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-portal-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Staplefield War Memorial, Staplefield Common, Junction of Handcross Road with Warninglid Road, West Sussex, Ansty and Staplefield, RH17 6EJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 275 281
- Coordinates
- 51.03833, -0.18165
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Staplefield War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by Messrs Maile and Son of London and unveiled in 1921, with dates from the Second World War added later.
Constructed from granite with lead lettering, the memorial is situated on Staplefield Common at the junction of Cuckfield Road and Brantridge Lane, enclosed by a modern post and chain fence. It features a wheel-headed cross on a rough-hewn base, standing on a single square step with a paved surround. The front face of the cross displays an inverted sword carved in relief.
A smoothed recessed panel on the front face of the base is inscribed with the words: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE MEN OF/ STAPLEFIELD/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1918 AND 1939 - 1945/ THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON THE TABLET IN THE CHURCH."
Local climate
Staplefield War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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