East Harling War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 2017. War memorial.
East Harling War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tattered-flint-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- East Harling War Memorial, Memorial Green, Junction of Cheese Hill, White Hart Street and Market Street, Norfolk, NR16 2ND
- OS grid reference
- TL 993 865
- Coordinates
- 52.44038, 0.93145
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The East Harling War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of Cornish granite and is situated on a green at the junction of Cheese Hill, White Hart Street, and Market Street. The memorial features a tall wheel-head cross with a carved sword of sacrifice in relief on the front (west) face. This cross is set on a tapering plinth that has a two-stepped base. The plinth displays inscriptions and the names of those commemorated.
The main inscription on the west face reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF EAST HARLING WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. R.I.P." This side lists 14 names. The north and south faces each carry 11 names.
On the east face, there is an inscription for the Second World War that reads: "1939-1945 R.I.P." followed by 12 names.
The memorial is surrounded by a paved square, which is enclosed by eight small granite obelisk posts connected by metal bars, except for the open boundary to the east.
Local climate
East Harling 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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