Mepal War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 2024. War memorial.
Mepal War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- pitched-steeple-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 April 2024
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Mepal War Memorial, High Street, CB6 2AW
- OS grid reference
- TL 441 808
- Coordinates
- 52.40635, 0.11814
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mepal War Memorial is a First World War memorial that has had names added after the Second World War. It is made of Cornish granite and is located at the corner of High Street and School Lane.
The memorial features a square base that supports a three-stepped plinth, topped by a tapering rectangular pillar with a floriated cross. The base sits on a large square raised platform, which is likely original but is now covered in paving. The surrounding paved area and path were added later and are not included in the listing. One of the rear step faces has a panel detailing the restoration of the memorial in 2005.
The inscriptions on the base of the cross and the plinth are in leaded lettering and include the following:
On the south face: (base of pillar) 1914 – 1918 (top step) TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO / THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO / FELL IN THE GREAT WAR (middle step) (4 NAMES) (bottom step) (9 NAMES)
On the west face: (bottom step) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS
On the east face: (top step) 1939 - 1945 / (2 NAMES) (middle step) (4 NAMES)
On the north face: (incised panel on bottom step) THIS MEMORIAL WAS RESTORED IN 2005 BY / LOCAL PEOPLE TO MARK THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY / OF THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO
Local climate
Mepal War Memorial 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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