War Memorial, Churchyard of St Mary and St Andrew's Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. War memorial.
War Memorial, Churchyard of St Mary and St Andrew's Church
- WRENN ID
- leaning-screen-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Churchyard of St Mary and St Andrew's Church, High Street, Grantchester
- OS grid reference
- TL 433 554
- Coordinates
- 52.17902, 0.09507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial located in the churchyard of St Mary and St Andrew's Church is dedicated to the memory of those who served in World War I and II. It was constructed around 1920 and is made of limestone. The memorial features a foliated cross atop a tapering, chamfered column, which has a moulded base and a square plinth. The corners of the memorial are hollow moulded and stopped, and there are panels on the sides that include inscriptions, one of which is dedicated to Rupert Brooke.
Local climate
War Memorial, Churchyard of St Mary and St Andrew's Church 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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