Wendling War Memorial Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 2018. War memorial.
Wendling War Memorial Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- solitary-plinth-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Wendling War Memorial Obelisk, C15m South of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, the Churchyard, Off Station Road, Norfolk, NR19 2NE
- OS grid reference
- TF 931 131
- Coordinates
- 52.68131, 0.85592
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wendling War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of SS Peter and Paul, which is a Grade II*-listed building. This memorial stands approximately 3 meters tall and is prominently placed on the east side of the path leading to the church. It consists of a stone obelisk that is square in shape, resting on a corniced plinth. The plinth features a moulded foot and base and displays inscriptions in incised and black-painted lettering.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF (7 NAMES) WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS." A later dedication, found on the south face of the plinth, states: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF (3 NAMES) WHO FELL IN THE WAR OF 1939 - 1945." The names from the First World War are listed without rank, while the names from the Second World War include the rank of each of the three individuals.
Local climate
Wendling War Memorial Obelisk receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 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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