St Andrew the Great War Memorial, Cambridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 2016. War memorial. 6 related planning applications.

St Andrew the Great War Memorial, Cambridge

WRENN ID
solemn-cinder-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 May 2016
Type
War memorial
Address
St Andrew the Great War Memorial, Cambridge, St. Andrew the Great Church, St. Andrews Street, CB2 3AX
OS grid reference
TL 450 584
Coordinates
52.20516, 0.12174
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Andrew the Great war memorial is situated in the churchyard. It consists of a three-stepped stone base, a plinth, and a hexagonal obelisk. A wreath is depicted in relief on the front of the plinth, while the inscriptions are incised around the other sides. The memorial honors those who fell in the First World War, with the inscription reading: REMEMBER/ THE BRAVE MEN/ OF ST ANDREW/ THE GREAT/ WHO FOUGHT AND/ DIED FOR/ GOD KING AND/ COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ (NAMES).

Local climate

St Andrew the Great War Memorial, Cambridge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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