Fen Ditton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 2015. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Fen Ditton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- third-shingle-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 October 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Fen Ditton War Memorial, War Memorial on Roundabout at Fen Ditton, High Street, Cambridge, CB5 8ST
- OS grid reference
- TL 483 603
- Coordinates
- 52.22125, 0.16969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fen Ditton War Memorial, constructed of Portland stone by Ivett and Reed Ltd, was unveiled in 1921. The monument is square in plan, featuring a tapered obelisk set upon a plinth, which itself stands on a stepped base defined by four Portland stone posts connected by a metal chain. Inscriptions are painted on all four sides of the plinth; the east elevation reads "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918". The north and south elevations list twenty-two names of those who died in the First World War (1914-18), arranged alphabetically by rank. Five further names of those who died in the Second World War (1939-45) were subsequently added to the base of the north elevation. The west elevation bears the inscription "LEST WE FORGET". The overall height of the memorial is approximately 4.5 metres, and it is situated on an irregularly-shaped grass island at the junction of High Street and Church Street.
Local climate
Fen Ditton 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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