Great Shelford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 2015. War memorial.
Great Shelford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- scarred-spindle-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TL 462 523
- Coordinates
- 52.15031, 0.13591
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Shelford war memorial is a limestone cross approximately 7 meters high, located on a small green at the intersection of High Street and the A1301. The memorial features a tapered octagonal shaft that extends to form the upright of the cross-head, which is also octagonal in shape. The shaft is set upon a square plinth with heavily chamfered corners.
Inscribed on the front face of the plinth are the words: "TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-18. 1939-45. THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE." The names of those who died in the First World War are listed on two sides of the plinth, while the names of the Second World War dead are on the rear. The plinth is supported by a two-stage octagonal base. Surrounding the memorial is a small grassed area defined by a stone kerb, which also outlines a narrow path at the back.
Local climate
Great Shelford 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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