War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1976. War memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
mired-cinder-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 February 1976
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, Purewell Road
OS grid reference
SZ 170 929
Coordinates
50.73612, -1.76038
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial is a tribute to those who fell in the First World War (1914-1918) and the Second World War (1939-1945). It features a granite shaft topped with a Celtic cross, which rises from a plinth and three steps. The memorial is set back from the road in a garden area. It is part of a group with Purewell Farmhouse, located on the north side of Purewell Road.

Local climate

War Memorial receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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