Rotherhithe (St Mary the Virgin) War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Rotherhithe (St Mary the Virgin) War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- under-hearth-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 November 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Rotherhithe (St Mary the Virgin) War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, St Marychurch Street, SE16 4HZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 351 798
- Coordinates
- 51.50118, -0.05412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rotherhithe (St Mary the Virgin) War Memorial is a tall stone cross situated on a splayed plinth. The front face of the plinth used to have an inscription, which has now faded almost completely. According to sources, the inscription read: "ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ROTHERHITHE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WARS 1914-1918 1939-1945." The memorial is supported by a stepped stone base.
Local climate
Rotherhithe (St Mary the Virgin) 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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