Croydon War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 2016. War memorial.
Croydon War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dusted-bracket-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Croydon War Memorial, Junction of Church Lane, High Street and Croydon Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 316 495
- Coordinates
- 52.12867, -0.07856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Croydon War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled and dedicated in 1922. It is constructed of stone and has a square plan. The memorial is situated on a triangular area of grass at the junction of Church Lane, High Street, and Croydon Road. It is designed in the shape of a Latin cross and features a three-step base, a square plinth, and a tall shaft that tapers in square section to a moulded knop. Atop the shaft is a Latin cross with fleur-de-lys shaped terminals.
On the south-west face of the plinth, there is a dedicatory inscription that reads: 'TO / THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / FROM THE PARISH OF CROYDON / SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS / OF YOU BE SAID, / THAT YOU, WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY / OF YOUR DEAD, / THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES, THAT / YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP / A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL / ASLEEP'. The names of the men who died, along with their respective regiments, are listed alphabetically on the north-west and south-east faces of the plinth.
Local climate
Croydon 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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