War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 2008. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- seventh-merlon-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2008
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Junction of High Street &Amp; Station Road, Harston, CB22 7PX
- OS grid reference
- TL 424 507
- Coordinates
- 52.13669, 0.07979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Harston is a stone structure erected in 1920, designed by Sir W. Graham Greene and built by C. Jude, with the masonry work done by Messrs Rattee and Kett Ltd. It stands free within a small, informal rose garden. The memorial features a tapering, chamfered shaft on a square plinth, topped with a stepped base. Above the shaft is an undecorated cross with a carved wreath. Inscriptions are located on the sides of the plinth and on one side of the base of the shaft. One inscription, in a projecting panel, reads "1939-1945, In Memory of SGT/Pilot Leslie Cater RAFVR, GNR William Richard Horner RA, who gave their lives in the Second World War." Below this, it states, "This Memorial commemorates those who gave up their lives for their Country, The Great War 4 AUG 1914 to 11 Nov 1918." The names of the fallen are inscribed on the other sides of the plinth. This memorial serves as an important reminder of the significant events of the two world wars and is a distinct tribute to those who lost their lives.
Local climate
War Memorial 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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