War Memorial Clock Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 2011. Clock tower, war memorial. 2 related planning applications.
War Memorial Clock Tower
- WRENN ID
- final-wicket-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 2011
- Type
- Clock tower, war memorial
- Address
- War Memorial Clock Tower, Bank Square, St Just, Penwith, St. Just
- OS grid reference
- SW 370 314
- Coordinates
- 50.12465, -5.68057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial Clock Tower is a roughcast concrete structure built in 1931, designed by Henry Thomas. It occupies a prominent position at the edge of the town's medieval amphitheatre.
The memorial is square in plan and consists of a three-stepped base, topped by a plinth with a moulded cornice. Above this rises a plain, square shaft forming the clock tower, which terminates in a cornice leading to an upper stage featuring a clock face within simple moulding on each of its four sides. The tower is capped with a squat, arching spirelet, with a lucarne (dormer window) on each side, and a weather vane. Tablets with lead lettering are set into the plinth; the north tablet reads 'THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FROM THIS TOWN / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918', followed by a roll of honour. The east and west sides of the plinth feature tablets inscribed 'IN MEMORIAM / WORLD WAR 1939-1945', listing the names of those who died. A low, decorative iron fence surrounds the base. The memorial contributes to the group value of the surrounding listed buildings.
Local climate
War Memorial Clock Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 11 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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