Thetford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 2019. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Thetford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- standing-tower-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Thetford War Memorial, Market Place, Norfolk, IP24 2AL
- OS grid reference
- TL 871 830
- Coordinates
- 52.41346, 0.75081
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thetford War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921 and altered after the Second World War. It is located in Thetford Market Place at the center of the town and is made of Balmoral granite.
The memorial features a polished foliated cross atop an octagonal shaft, which has collar and ring decoration, and a moulded base made of unpolished granite. It stands on an octagonal plinth with a moulded foot, resting on a three-tiered base.
On the front of the plinth, the Seal of Thetford is carved along with the inscription: 1914 1918 / IN / EVER GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF / THIS BOROUGH / WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / "LEST WE FORGET". The names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the other sides of the plinth, while the names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War are inscribed on the rear of the plinth and base, below the dates 1939-1945.
Local climate
Thetford 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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