War Memorial and Enclosure Fence is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial and Enclosure Fence
- WRENN ID
- solitary-lancet-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1985
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial and Enclosure Fence, Queen Street, Whittlesey
- OS grid reference
- TL 270 970
- Coordinates
- 52.55665, -0.12784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, built around 1920, commemorates the World Wars and is enclosed by a cast iron fence. It is made of Portland stone and features a sculpture of St George and the Dragon on a tapering stone base. The base has egg and dart moulding at the top and includes oval copper plaques surrounded by a foliate border with inscriptions. The memorial stands on a stepped plinth.
Local climate
War Memorial and Enclosure Fence 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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