Banham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 2017. A Modern War memorial.
Banham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dim-truss-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Banham War Memorial, The Green, Church Lane, Norfolk, NR16 2SX
- OS grid reference
- TM 064 881
- Coordinates
- 52.45259, 1.03659
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Banham War Memorial is a memorial dedicated to those who fought in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected around 1920, with the names of the fallen from the Second World War added after 1945.
The memorial is carved from Portland stone and is located on the Green near St Mary’s Church in Banham, Norfolk. It is prominently placed in an open grassy area in the center of the village. The structure features a Latin head cross of sacrifice with a downturned bronze sword on the face, resembling Sir Reginald Blomefield’s Cross of Sacrifice. This cross is mounted on an octagonal shaft with a moulded foot, which sits on an octagonal plinth atop a three-stepped octagonal base. Recently, plaques with inscriptions and a Roll of Honour have been added.
The plinth bears the inscription: "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO / FOUGHT IN A NOBLE CAUSE / THEY DIED THAT ENGLAND / MIGHT LIVE / A.D. 1914 – 1919 // (NAMES) // 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES)."
Local climate
Banham 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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