War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 2001. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-bronze-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Histon
- OS grid reference
- TL 440 632
- Coordinates
- 52.24813, 0.10891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Histon was built in 1920 and is made of Portland stone ashlar. Designed by ex-Lieutenant F. Baccus, who was a sculptor and monumental mason from Histon, the memorial takes the form of a wayside cross and stands on an octagonal stepped plinth. The faces of the plinth feature cusped panels with inscriptions that include the names of the Fallen from the parishes of Histon and Impington. Rising above the plinth, the octagonal shaft forms a cross, with the arms linked by a wreath. The memorial also lists the names of those who fell in the Second World War. This well-designed structure is located next to Homefield Park.
Local climate
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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