Litcham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 2017. War memorial.
Litcham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- under-jamb-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Litcham War Memorial, All Saints Churchyard, Church Street, Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 887 176
- Coordinates
- 52.72334, 0.79278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Litcham War Memorial is a First World War memorial with additions for the Second World War, located in the churchyard south of the Grade I-listed Church of All Saints and near several Grade II-listed buildings.
The memorial features a limestone, Celtic wheel-head cross on a tapering shaft with a moulded foot. The cross-head is intricately carved with an interlaced Celtic knot work design. The shaft rises from a four-sided, tapering plinth that sits on a single-stepped base, which is on a concrete foundation. The plinth displays the inscriptions and names in incised lettering.
On the west face of the plinth, it reads: "IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ (15 NAMES)/ MEN OF LITCHAM AND KEMPSTONE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918." The south face of the plinth states: "ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF/ (5 NAMES)/ WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945."
Local climate
Litcham War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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