War Memorial at St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 2021. Memorial.
War Memorial at St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- fading-keystone-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 2021
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial at St Michael's Church, Churchyard of the Church of St Michael, Windhill, Bishop's Stortford
- OS grid reference
- TL 486 213
- Coordinates
- 51.87099, 0.15741
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial at St Michael's Church is a Grade II structure that incorporates a 15th-century lantern cross. Unveiled in 1920, it is dedicated to those who fell in the First World War.
Crafted from limestone, the memorial features an ornately-carved lantern cross set on a square-plan shaft and plinth, with a two-tier octagonal-plan base. The lantern is decorated with Gothic elements, including crocketed pinnacles and blind cinquefoil arcades. On the west side of the lantern, there is a depiction of the crucifixion, with Christ flanked by the Blessed Virgin and St John. The shaft and plinth are chamfered, and the west side of the plinth bears an inscription that reads: ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF MEN OF/ THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ RIP/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT/ THEIR NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.’
The memorial is located within the churchyard of the Church of St Michael, which is a Grade I listed building.
Local climate
War Memorial at St Michael's Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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