Besthorpe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2017. War memorial.
Besthorpe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-crypt-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Besthorpe War Memorial, All Saints Churchyard, Bunwell Road, Norfolk, NR17 2LJ
- OS grid reference
- TM 065 956
- Coordinates
- 52.51914, 1.04285
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Besthorpe War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints on Bunwell Road in Besthorpe, Norfolk. The memorial features a stone wheel-head cross that rests on a tapering plinth, which is supported by a two-stepped square-section base. The plinth includes an inscription in incised lettering, although it is somewhat difficult to read.
The inscription states: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE BRAVE MEN OF BESTHORPE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 (NAMES)."
Local climate
Besthorpe War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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