Wretham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 2016. War memorial.
Wretham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sunken-cobble-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Wretham War Memorial, Church Lane, Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TL 914 906
- Coordinates
- 52.47989, 0.81825
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wretham War Memorial is made of limestone and features a Latin cross on a faceted square plinth with a two-stepped base.
The south face of the memorial has a dedicatory inscription that reads: "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF EAST AND WEST/ WRETHAM/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WARS/ 1914-1918/ 1939-1945." The north face states: "THEIR NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR/ EVERMORE." The other faces display lists of names that are incised into the stone.
At the base of the plinth, there is a slate plaque that commemorates the visit of the 359th Fighter Group in 1985. The plaque reads: "THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES/ THE VISIT BY SURVIVORS OF THE/ 359TH FIGHTER GROUP/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE/ WHO SERVED AND DIED IN/ THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM/ 3RD AUGUST 1985."
Local climate
Wretham 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 84% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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