Shepreth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 2015. War memorial.
Shepreth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silent-attic-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TL 392 479
- Coordinates
- 52.11219, 0.0324
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shepreth’s war memorial is located on a small Green bordered by High Street and Meldreth Road. It features a 3.5-meter high Celtic cross made of granite, with the head set on a tapered shaft that is mounted on a tapered plinth, all resting on a three-stepped square base. The head and shaft are inscribed in relief with the words:
TO/ THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN/ MEMORY/ OF/ THE/ MEN/ OF/ THIS/ VILLAGE/ WHO/ GAVE/ THEIR/ LIVES/ IN/ THE/ GREAT/ WAR/ 1914/ 1918
The plinth lists the ten names of those who died in the First World War, and three additional names of men who died in the Second World War have been added below. Surrounding the memorial is a flagged area defined by a low chain suspended on squat stone posts.
Local climate
Shepreth 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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