Little Gransden War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 2016. War memorial.
Little Gransden War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- waning-facade-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Little Gransden War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul
- OS grid reference
- TL 270 552
- Coordinates
- 52.18049, -0.14285
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Little Gransden War Memorial is a First World War memorial, unveiled around 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of stone and has a rectangular plan.
Located at the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, approximately 28 meters to the north-west of the north porch, the memorial features a single-step base, a trapezoidal plinth, and a shaft that tapers in rectangular section to a Celtic wheel-head cross adorned with interlace ornament. The north-west face of the plinth displays the First World War dedication, inscribed with the words 'REMEMBER BEFORE GOD OUR / MEN WHO HAVE LAID DOWN THEIR / LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918', along with the names of five men who died. The south-west face of the plinth bears the Second World War dedication, reading '1939 - 1945', with the names of two men who died inscribed below.
Local climate
Little Gransden 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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