Linch War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 2015. War memorial.

Linch War Memorial

WRENN ID
woven-span-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 2015
Type
War memorial
Address
Linch War Memorial, Junction of Linch Road, Fenhurst Road and Midhurst Road, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 859 278
Coordinates
51.04318, -0.77469
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Linch War Memorial is a stone memorial cross featuring an octagonal shaft and base, which stands on an octagonal plinth with four steps. The lower part of the shaft is wider and has steeply pitched gables on each face. On the east side, beneath one of the gables, there is a niche that holds a small bronze statue of St George, created by the artist Philip Jackson and installed in 2000; the original sculpture's fate is unknown.

Carved into the stone beneath the sculpture is the inscription:

"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ LEAVING THIS PARISH DURING THE GREAT WAR DIED FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY/ WE OF LYNCH DEDICATE THIS CROSS."

The names of ten fallen soldiers are listed on either side, with a single name commemorating a soldier who fell during the Second World War.

Local climate

Linch War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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