Melbourn War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 2017. War memorial.
Melbourn War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- noble-doorway-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Melbourn War Memorial, Outside All Saints Church, High Street, SG8 6DZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 382 447
- Coordinates
- 52.08408, 0.01618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Melbourn War Memorial is made of limestone and is situated outside All Saints Church on a green area at the junction of Station Road and High Street. The memorial features a Latin cross atop a tall, tapering octagonal shaft, which has a carved wreath at its base. This shaft rises from a chamfered square plinth that sits on a five-stepped base, bringing the total height to approximately 5.4 meters.
The plinth is inscribed with the dedication: 1914 – 1918/ IN/ MEMORY/ (NAMES)/ WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
Local climate
Melbourn 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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