War memorial at the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 2016. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
War memorial at the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP: Ms Diane Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War memorial at the Church of St Mary, St Mary’S Church, Stoke Newington Church Street, London, N16 9ES
- OS grid reference
- TQ 328 864
- Coordinates
- 51.56091, -0.08482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a First World War memorial, erected in 1920. It stands within the churchyard to the northwest of St Mary’s Church. The memorial is carved from limestone and consists of a Latin stone cross rising from a tapering, chamfered shaft approximately 3 metres high. The cross bears the letters “HIS”, representing the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus. The shaft is supported by four small gabled buttresses on each side, and stands on a moulded octagonal plinth 1.1 metres high, which itself sits on an octagonal base 0.4 metres high. Laurel wreaths are set in recessed panels on four sides of the plinth, with inscriptions on three sides. The east side bears the inscription "THIS CROSS IS / DEDICATED / TO THE GLORY / OF GOD AND IN / MEMORY OF THE / MEN FROM THIS / PARISH WHO / FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919." Below this is the inscription "AND IN THE WAR OF / 1939-1945." The inscriptions on the north and west sides are no longer legible, but are recorded as: "GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE" and "I SENT YOU OUT WITH MOURNING AND WEEPING BUT GOD WILL GIVE YOU TO ME AGAIN WITH JOY AND GLADNESS FOR EVER” respectively. The base is constructed of three courses of ashlar, the top course forming a moulded cornice, and incorporates four sets of inset double steps.
Local climate
War memorial at the Church of St Mary sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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