Cranworth, Letton and Southburgh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 2017. War memorial.
Cranworth, Letton and Southburgh War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- vast-plaster-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cranworth, Letton and Southburgh War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard, Shipdam Road, Norfolk, IP25 7SH
- OS grid reference
- TF 983 044
- Coordinates
- 52.60198, 0.92692
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cranworth, Letton and Southburgh War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church on Shipdham Road in Cranworth. It stands prominently just inside the churchyard entrance gate, next to the path leading to the church. The memorial features a stone sculpture of a winged angel in draped robes, pointing upwards with her right hand, positioned atop a four-sided pillar that has inset marble inscription panels. Below this is a three-stepped base.
The inscription is made with leaded lettering and reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CRANWORTH, LETTON & SOUTHBURGH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 (NAMES) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 (NAMES) THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US AND WE WERE NOT HURT, THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND BY DAY I.SAM: 25.15.16."
Local climate
Cranworth, Letton and Southburgh War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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