Swanage War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

Swanage War Memorial

WRENN ID
errant-cobalt-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Swanage War Memorial, Recreation Ground, Shore Road, BH19 1LB
OS grid reference
SZ 030 790
Coordinates
50.61141, -1.95866
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Swanage War Memorial is a war memorial that was erected in 1920 and reconstructed and re-sited in 2014. It is designed as a large, tapering cairn made of weathered, cut and squared Purbeck stone, which is mortared. The memorial stands on a base of three stone steps.

On the east face, there is an inset stone tablet inscribed in painted black lettering that reads: "In Memory of / Swanage Men / who fell in the Great War / 1914-1918." Above this, there is another similar tablet that states: "In Memory of The / Swanage Men and Women / Who Lost Their Lives in / The War / 1939-1945." The other three faces of the memorial feature plaques that bear the names of the Fallen. As of 2017, the memorial is situated on a modern tarmac surface.

Local climate

Swanage War Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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