Whittlesford Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 2015. Memorial.
Whittlesford Cross
- WRENN ID
- grim-zinc-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 2015
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- TL 473 483
- Coordinates
- 52.11352, 0.15007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial at Whittlesford Cross is located at Guildhall Corner, on a main road junction in the village. Made of Portland stone, it features a Latin cross atop a tall, slender shaft, designed in the style of a medieval churchyard cross. The shaft is set into a square, two-stage plinth. On the front of the lower part of the plinth facing the road, there is an inscription that reads: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WHITTLESFORD WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 IN HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE."
Fifteen names are carved on the sides of the plinth, and on the rear, it states: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." The upper part of the plinth bears the dates "1939 - 1945" along with eight names.
The entire structure stands on a three-stage octagonal stepped base. The memorial area is enclosed at the back by an angled brick wall topped with railings.
Local climate
Whittlesford Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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