South African War Memorial at Entrance to Cheltenham College is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. War memorial.

South African War Memorial at Entrance to Cheltenham College

WRENN ID
worn-newel-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1983
Type
War memorial
Address
South African War Memorial at Entrance to Cheltenham College, Bath Road
OS grid reference
SO 948 215
Coordinates
51.89215, -2.0765
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The South African War Memorial at the entrance to Cheltenham College is a war memorial built around 1902, designed in the Perpendicular Gothic style. It features a three-stage octagonal structure, with the second stage showcasing open arcades, buttresses, and crocketed pinnacles. The upper stage is a lantern adorned with miniature flying-buttresses at the base of the drum, along with buttresses and crocketed pinnacles. It includes barred arched windows and an ogee capping topped with a poppyhead. Both the upper and second stages have arcades with crocketed drip-moulds. The lower stage is elevated on four wide steps and has a high plinth with bronze memorial tablets affixed to each face.

Local climate

South African War Memorial at Entrance to Cheltenham College receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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