War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 2004. A 20th century Memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- nether-flagstone-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 2004
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Manor Waste, High Street, Wendover, HP22 6EA
- OS grid reference
- SP 867 078
- Coordinates
- 51.76226, -0.74383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Wendover was built in 1922 and designed by Gerard Cogswell. It is made from Chilmark stone and features an octagonal base of red brick with stone quoins. The memorial has a triple-stepped superstructure that supports a square pedestal with projecting corners, resembling a chest tomb. Above this is a tall, tapering octagonal shaft that culminates in an open shrine, adorned with crocketed finials at the corners and a cruciform finial on top.
The memorial was proposed by Major Edwin Smith, the Lord of the Manor, who provided the site on the Manor Waste. Cogswell's design was inspired by medieval wayside crosses, as discussed in Aymer Vallance's book 'Old Crosses and Lychgates' published in 1920. The carving was done by Gething & Co of Salisbury at a cost of £278, and it was unveiled by the Marchioness of Lincolnshire, whose son had died at the Battle of 2nd Ypres. The memorial is listed for its historical significance as well as its visual appeal.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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