Holme Hale War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 2017. War memorial.
Holme Hale War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- grey-keystone-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Holme Hale War Memorial, St Andrew’S Churchyard, Church Road, Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 887 075
- Coordinates
- 52.63275, 0.78704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holme Hale War Memorial is a First World War memorial with additions from the Second World War, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, which is a Grade I-listed building, to the north-west of the entrance porch.
The memorial features a wheel-head cross made of Portland stone, set on a tall shaft with a moulded foot. The cross and shaft are inset on the east face, with the monogram IHS carved in relief within a circle at the center of the cross-head, accompanied by four floral relief roundels on each arm of the cross. The shaft rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth that sits atop a single-step base. This entire structure is placed on a wider, square stone platform. The plinth bears inscriptions in incised lettering that is painted black.
The main inscription is located on the east face of the plinth, reading: IN PROUD/ AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918./ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE". The names of 11 individuals who died, along with their regiments, are listed on the north and south faces of the plinth. The west face features a dedication that reads: IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (2 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945.
Surrounding the memorial on the upper surface of the stone platform are eight small decorative iron posts, with a chain hung between them.
Local climate
Holme Hale War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% 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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