Norwell War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 2019. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

Norwell War Memorial

WRENN ID
white-transept-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 May 2019
Type
War memorial
Address
Norwell War Memorial, Church of St Laurence, Main Street, Nottinghamshire, NG23 6JT
OS grid reference
SK 775 617
Coordinates
53.14744, -0.84221
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Norwell War Memorial is a war memorial created by G Brown and Son of Newark, unveiled in 1921. It is dedicated to those who fell in the First and Second World Wars and the Malayan Emergency.

The memorial is made of rough-hewn granite and features a Celtic cross on a tapered plinth with a single step. The front (north) side of the shaft and plinth has a painted inscription that reads: 1914 – 1919 / ERECTED / BY PUBLIC / SUBSCRIPTION / IN MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO COUNTED NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR / UNTO THEMSELVES, BUT DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, TRUTH AND PEACE. The rear (south) side is inscribed with: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945 / O VALIANT HEARTS WHO TO YOUR / GLORY CAME / (NAME) / 1952 / MALAYA. The memorial is located within the churchyard of the Church of St Laurence, which is listed at Grade I, and is within the boundary wall of the churchyard, which is listed at Grade II.

Local climate

Norwell War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% 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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