War Memorial Within the Grounds of St Mary Magdelene's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial Within the Grounds of St Mary Magdelene's Church
- WRENN ID
- sacred-gravel-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1983
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial Within the Grounds of St Mary Magdelene's Church, High Road, Wisbech St. Mary
- OS grid reference
- TF 397 032
- Coordinates
- 52.60925, 0.06269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial located within the grounds of St. Mary Magdalene's Church in Wisbech St. Mary, Guyhirn, commemorates those who served in World War I. It is made of polished granite and features a cross on a tapering square pier. The pier is inscribed with black lettering and stands on a stepped base. This memorial was relocated to its current site to accommodate the diversion of the A47 through Guyhirn.
Local climate
War Memorial Within the Grounds of St Mary Magdelene's Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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