Chesham Bois War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 2014. Memorial.
Chesham Bois War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- western-forge-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 2014
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SU 967 991
- Coordinates
- 51.68314, -0.60207
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chesham Bois War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additional inscriptions added after the Second World War. It was designed by local architect John Harold Kennard, with stone carving by Mr. Arrowsmith from Stockwell, London, metal founding by Wilmer and Co from St Mary Axe, London, and constructed by WT Robinson of Chesham.
The memorial is made of Portland stone and features an oval plinth with recessed panels, a moulded base, and a cornice, all set upon a circular paved area. Atop the plinth is a triangular-plan pillar with chamfered, panelled corners and scroll mouldings at the base. The pillar is capped with a cornice and a heavy scrolled pediment adorned with bead, spindle, and foliage mouldings. The slightly concave face of the pillar bears the inscription ‘ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY / OF THOSE OF THIS / PARISH WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918’, along with the names of 31 men listed by rank. The base includes the inscription ‘TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945’, with the dates enclosed within a moulded laurel wreath in the central panel. The side panels display the names of 19 local individuals who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Local climate
Chesham Bois War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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