West Meon 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.
West Meon War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gilded-groin-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- West Meon War Memorial, Churchyard of Church of St John the Evangelist, Church Lane, Hampshire, Winchester, GU32 1LF
- OS grid reference
- SU 639 241
- Coordinates
- 51.01274, -1.08927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Meon War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist’s Church, which is also a listed building. This memorial is a variant of the Blomfield Cross of Sacrifice and features a square platform with a two-stepped octagonal base and plinth, from which a Latin cross rises. The front face of the cross is adorned with a reversed sword, carved in low relief.
The plinth includes inscriptions carved in relief, with the main dedicatory inscription stating: "IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ 'FOR US THE GLORIOUS/ DEAD HAVE STRIVEN/ THEY BATTLED THAT WE/ MIGHT BE FREE'/ 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'." The other sides of the plinth list the names of those who lost their lives.
Local climate
West Meon War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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