Crofton Park (St Mary Magdalen) War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 2017. War memorial.

Crofton Park (St Mary Magdalen) War Memorial

WRENN ID
white-bonework-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lewisham
Constituency
Lewisham West and East Dulwich MP: Ellie Reeves (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 November 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Crofton Park (St Mary Magdalen) War Memorial, Grounds of the Church of St Mary Magdalen, 73 Comerford Road, London, SE4 2BA
OS grid reference
TQ 364 751
Coordinates
51.45931, -0.03794
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Crofton Park (St Mary Magdalen) War Memorial is a wooden cross featuring an INRI board and a lifelike sculpture of Jesus Christ. It stands on a brick base, which has a marble plaque designed to resemble an open book. The left side of the plaque displays the chi-rho symbol and the inscription: "O CRVX AVE SPES VNICA / GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD / GLORY SAVE IN THE CROSS / OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST / GAL. VI 14 / TO THE MEMORY OF / MEN OF THIS MISSION / WHO IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR FREEDOM & / JUSTICE THIS CROSS IS / DEDICATED." The right side lists the names of those commemorated, followed by the phrase "REQVIESCANT IN PACE."

Local climate

Crofton Park (St Mary Magdalen) 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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