Wellingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 July 2019. War memorial.
Wellingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silent-corridor-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 July 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Wellingham War Memorial, St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Norfolk, PE32 2TH
- OS grid reference
- TF 871 222
- Coordinates
- 52.76536, 0.77185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wellingham War Memorial is a First World War memorial dating from around 1920. It is made of grey granite and is located in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church, prominently positioned at the southern end near the road.
The memorial features a wheel-head cross adorned with Celtic style strap work carvings at its head, set on a plain, slightly tapering shaft that rests on a two-tiered plinth. The inscription, in leaded lettering, reads: FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES).
Local climate
Wellingham War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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