Little Downham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 2024. War memorial.
Little Downham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- wild-facade-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 2024
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Little Downham War Memorial, Approximately 30m South-East of St Leonard's Church, Main Street, CB6 2ST
- OS grid reference
- TL 526 841
- Coordinates
- 52.4341, 0.24433
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Downham War Memorial is a First World War memorial that also includes names added after the Second World War. It is made of limestone, possibly Clipsham.
The memorial features a stone wheel-head cross fleury that rises from the collar of a slender cross shaft, which is octagonal in section. A shield is carved on both the front and rear faces of the collar, with the front displaying the monogram IHS. The cross shaft is set on a small, shouldered pedestal that is square in plan, which in turn rests on a two-step octagonal plinth.
The base of the memorial has a clear incised inscription that reads: “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO WENT OUT FROM THIS PARISH/ AND LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.” The names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the pedestal, while the names of those from the Second World War are inscribed on the plinth, along with the dates “1939 – 1945.”
Local climate
Little Downham 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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