Fernhurst War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 2016. War memorial.
Fernhurst War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- haunted-iron-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Fernhurst War Memorial, Churchyard of St Margarets Church, Church Road, West Sussex, Chichester, GU27 3HY
- OS grid reference
- SU 899 284
- Coordinates
- 51.04865, -0.71873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fernhurst War Memorial is situated within the churchyard of St Margaret's Church, to the south of the building. Made of Portland stone, the memorial features an ornately carved gabled Calvary on a tall octagonal shaft. The gable is decorated with crockets and pinnacles, and the cross head rises from a moulded collar. A figure of the Virgin Mary is carved on the rear of the Calvary cross. The shaft is supported by an octagonal plinth and a two-stepped base.
On the south-east faces of the plinth, there is an incised inscription that reads: "1914/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF FERNHURST/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1919." The front faces of the two octagonal steps list the 41 names of those who fell in the First World War. The north-west faces bear the inscription: "INTO THY HANDS WE COMMEND/ THEM FOR THOU HAST REDEEMED/ THEM O LORD THOU GOD OF TRUTH."
The memorial is set within a paved area and is backed by a concave wall that has three steps leading up into the churchyard. On this wall, there is an associated stone plaque that commemorates the fallen of the Second World War, which reads: "ALSO IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF FERNHURST WHO DIED/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945" and lists 13 names.
Local climate
Fernhurst War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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