War Memorial Cross 400 Metres North East of Chapel at Burngreave Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1995. War memorial.
War Memorial Cross 400 Metres North East of Chapel at Burngreave Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- worn-stair-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough MP: Gill Furniss (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1995
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SK 362 894
- Coordinates
- 53.40021, -1.45693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial cross, located 400 meters northeast of the chapel at Burngreave Cemetery in Sheffield, was erected around 1920 and is likely designed by R Blomfield. It is made of Portland stone and features an octagonal tapered cross with a bronze sword affixed to it. The cross stands on an inscribed octagonal pedestal, which is set on an octagonal base and plinth. This memorial is complementary to the wall of names situated 5 meters to the east.
Local climate
War Memorial Cross 400 Metres North East of Chapel at Burngreave Cemetery receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- 3 War Memorial and Kerb at South East Corner of Church Cemetery
- 4 War Memorial Cross 20 Metres North West of Cemetery Chapel
- 5 War memorial, Queens Road Cemetery, Walthamstow
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