South Lopham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2018. War memorial.
South Lopham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- little-corbel-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- South Lopham War Memorial, Junction of Church Road with the Street (A1066), Norfolk, IP22 2LJ
- OS grid reference
- TM 042 814
- Coordinates
- 52.39291, 0.99975
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The South Lopham War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with additions for the Second World War. It is situated on a triangular green at the junction of The Street (A1066) and Church Road, near several Grade II-listed buildings, including Nos 1-2 The Street, Nos 4-5 The Street, and the White Horse public house.
The memorial is made of Portland stone and features a cross fleurée atop a tapering, octagonal shaft with a moulded collar. The base of the shaft is square and decorated with small foliage carvings at the corners and a moulded base.
The cross rises from a four-sided pedestal that is capped and corniced. Foliage designs are carved in low relief on the sloping surfaces of the cap. The pedestal is set on a two-stepped base, with a rifle carved in low relief on the chamfered edge of the bottom step on the south-east side.
Each face of the pedestal has rectangular stone panels with concave corners. The south-east face features relief carvings of a small laurel wreath between crossed and painted Union Flags above the panel. This panel contains the main inscription and names in incised lettering, painted black, which reads: "IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SOUTH LOPHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918./ (NAMES)." Below this, within a recessed panel on the upper step of the base, are the words "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
The Second World War dedication is added to the panel on the south-west face, also in incised lettering, painted black, reading: "IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SOUTH LOPHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
The memorial is surrounded by a square gravelled area that is enclosed by eight stone posts carrying a spiked chain.
Local climate
South Lopham War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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