Flackwell Heath War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 2015. War memorial.
Flackwell Heath War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- north-window-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Flackwell Heath War Memorial, Junction of the Common, Common Road and Treadaway Road, Chepping Wycombe
- OS grid reference
- SU 895 899
- Coordinates
- 51.60134, -0.70783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Flackwell Heath War Memorial is a war memorial unveiled in 1921, designed by Thomas Thurlow. It is made of Portland stone and stands approximately 3 meters tall. The memorial takes the shape of an obelisk, topped by a large ball finial, with a Latin Cross extending from each side to the finial. The obelisk is set on a pedestal with a three-stepped base, where the middle step has chamfered central sections at the front and rear.
Stone plaques are mounted on each side of the pedestal. The front and rear plaques are set on a curved mount, with the front plaque inscribed with the words ‘SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE BRAVE MEN/ OF FLACKWELL HEATH/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918’. The names of 43 fallen soldiers are inscribed on the remaining plaques, with an additional seven names listed on the chamfered step below. The front of this step features the inscription ’ TO THE MEMORY OF OUR MEN/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 1939-1945’, along with the names of 17 soldiers who fell in the Second World War inscribed on the chamfered central sections of the step.
The memorial is situated on a square paved area, bordered by low domed stone piers at each corner. Surrounding this area is a later chain link fence supported by stone piers.
Local climate
Flackwell Heath War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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