Harting War Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 2016. War memorial.
Harting War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- patient-chimney-saffron
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Harting War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary and St Gabriel, Junction of the Street and Cow Lane, South Harting, West Sussex, Chichester, GU31 5QQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 784 194
- Coordinates
- 50.96889, -0.88429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harting War Memorial is a First and Second World War memorial dating from the early 20th century, constructed from Portland stone. It comprises a tall, tapering, slim-shafted cross set upon a plinth and a single-stepped base. The cross shaft rises to a height of nearly 6 metres; the plinth measures 0.6 metres in height and 1.2 metres square, and the base is 0.2 metres in height and 3.7 metres square. The plinth features low relief arcading.
The upper part of the shaft, including the cross head, is chamfered at the corners, while the lower portion features elongated, low relief cartouches bearing inscriptions. On two opposite sides, these cartouches incorporate smaller circular cartouches at the top. Decoration on all four sides includes smaller arched panels containing carvings of the patron saints of England (St George), Ireland (St Patrick), Scotland (St Andrew), and Wales (St David).
St George is depicted on the south-east side, haloed and helmeted upon a rearing horse, spearing a dragon. On the north-east side, St Patrick stands haloed in fine vestments, holding a crozier in his left hand and raising a blessing with his right. Behind him are depictions of the sea, coiled snakes, and a leaf of clover. St Andrew, on the north-west side, stands in a boat with a flag-bearing sail; he is haloed and raises both arms, alongside a haloed fisherman who is casting a net into the sea filled with fish. St David, on the south-west side, holds a crozier in his left hand and raises a cross in his right, surrounded by worshippers with praying hands.
The principal inscription, on the same side as St Patrick, reads: “AND THUS / THEY DIED / LEAVING / THEIR DE- / ATHS FOR / AN EXAMPLE / OF A NOBLE / COURAGE / AND / A MEMORIAL / OF VIRTUE / NOT ONLY / UNTO YOUNG / MEN BUT / UNTO ALL / THEIR / NATION / II MACC.VI.3I." Another face bears the inscription: “REMEMBER THESE / MEN WHO / GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN / THE WAR / OF 1914 / TO 1919 / (NAMES)." A further face reads: "AND IN / 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES)."
Local climate
Harting War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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