War Memorial at the Church of St Alban the Martyr is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 2017. War memorial.

War Memorial at the Church of St Alban the Martyr

WRENN ID
errant-step-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Croydon
Constituency
Streatham and Croydon North MP: Steve Reed (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial at the Church of St Alban the Martyr, Junction of Grange Road and Whitehorse Lane, Thornton Heath, CR7 8SR
OS grid reference
TQ 327 682
Coordinates
51.39774, -0.09265
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial at the Church of St Alban the Martyr is a granite cross situated on a trapezoidal plinth. The center of the cross features a brass crown of thorns, which encircles a draped Maltese cross. Each arm of the cross is intricately carved with a nine-leafed branch. The front of the plinth displays the inscription: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF ALL THOSE WHO / FROM THIS CHURCH / AND PARISH GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918."

Local climate

War Memorial at the Church of St Alban the Martyr 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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