St Mary Cray War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 2017. War memorial. 7 related planning applications.
St Mary Cray War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- nether-moat-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Orpington MP: Gareth Bacon (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- St Mary Cray War Memorial, St Mary’S Church, High Street, Kent, BR5 3NL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 472 683
- Coordinates
- 51.39511, 0.11495
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The St Mary Cray War Memorial is a Portland stone wheel-headed cross raised on a tall shaft, which stands atop a slightly trapezoidal plinth. The front face originally featured an inscription that has since eroded and is illegible. It reportedly read: THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GREAT AND IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE LASTING / WELFARE OF THEIR COUNTRY / LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS: / WE LIFT THEM UP UNTO THE LORD. A metal plaque now covers this inscription, bearing the words: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED TO / THE MEMORY OF OFFICERS AND MEN / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / (THEIR NAMES ARE COMMEMORATED / IN FULL INSIDE THE CHURCH). The plinth sits upon a stone platform.
Local climate
St Mary Cray War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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