Sporle War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 2018. War memorial.
Sporle War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- haunted-rafter-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Sporle War Memorial, Churchyard of St Mary's Church, the Street, Norfolk, Sporle with Palgrave, PE32 2DS
- OS grid reference
- TF 849 114
- Coordinates
- 52.66928, 0.73352
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sporle War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, located in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church on The Street in Sporle, Norfolk. It is prominently positioned at the entrance to the churchyard. The memorial features a rough-hewn wheel-head cross with a Sword of Sacrifice in relief, mounted on a plinth with a single-stepped base. This is set on a slightly domed base designed in a “rockery” style.
The base of the cross and the plinth display inscriptions in leaded lettering that read: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SPORLE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 (NAMES) THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE MAY THEY REST IN PEACE. ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1939 – 1945 (NAMES) JESU, MERCY."
Local climate
Sporle War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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