Shipdham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 2018. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Shipdham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rough-soffit-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Shipdham War Memorial, All Saints Churchyard, Church Close, Norfolk, IP25 7LX
- OS grid reference
- TF 958 073
- Coordinates
- 52.6285, 0.89165
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shipdham War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes later additions for the Second World War. It is made of grey Devonshire granite sourced from Dartmoor and is situated in the churchyard of the Grade I listed All Saints Church. The memorial features a rough-hewn Celtic wheel head cross on a slightly tapering shaft, which rests on a three-tiered octagonal base that displays the inscriptions. The cross head is adorned with carved strapwork and the Crown of Victory at its center. Surrounding the memorial are eight low granite posts.
The inscription is presented in black-painted relief lettering and reads: "THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SHIPDHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ TO/ THE FALLEN/ 8TH BOMBER/ COMMAND/ U.S.A.A.F./ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Shipdham 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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