War Memorial in Churchyard to North East of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Chesterfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1976. War memorial.

War Memorial in Churchyard to North East of St Mary's Church

WRENN ID
broken-steel-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chesterfield
Constituency
Chesterfield MP: Mr Toby Perkins (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1976
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial in Churchyard to North East of St Mary's Church, St Mary's Gate
OS grid reference
SK 385 712
Coordinates
53.23657, -1.42426
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, located in the churchyard to the north-east of St Mary's Church, is an early 20th-century structure made of white stone. It features a tall, tapering stone crucifix that rises from an octagonal plinth, which is accessed by four steps. The first step includes a band of lettering, and there are carvings and shields above the octagonal base.

Local climate

War Memorial in Churchyard to North East of St Mary's Church receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% 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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