War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 2008. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- veiled-buttress-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 2008
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Market Place, Dereham
- OS grid reference
- TF 988 134
- Coordinates
- 52.6823, 0.94039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Dereham was unveiled in 1922 and is made of Cornish grey granite with inscribed bronze plaques. The monument stands approximately 4 metres high and features a cenotaph on a two-stepped base. The bronze plaques are inscribed with the words "IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF EAST DEREHAM WHO FELL IN THE TWO WORLD WARS 1914-1918 1939-1945" followed by the names of the fallen from each conflict.
This memorial is believed to have been inspired by Sir Edwin Lutyens's cenotaph in Whitehall. Initially dedicated to the men of Dereham who died in the First World War, it was later also dedicated to those who lost their lives in the Second World War.
War memorials hold significant historical and cultural importance at both local and national levels. This memorial is a notable example of a cenotaph and is prominently located in the centre of Dereham, where it has group value with several nearby listed buildings.
Local climate
War Memorial 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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