Whissonett War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2018. War memorial.
Whissonett War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stony-newel-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Whissonett War Memorial, Churchyard of St Mary's Church, High Street, Whissonsett, Norfolk, NR20 5AP
- OS grid reference
- TF 919 233
- Coordinates
- 52.77336, 0.8434
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whissonsett War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with later additions for the Second World War. It is located in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church on High Street in Whissonsett, Norfolk, and is prominently positioned by the churchyard path leading to the church porch. The memorial features a stone Latin cross on an octagonal shaft with a moulded foot and a relief of the shield of St George on the front. This stands on a four-sided plinth with heavily notched upper corners, which is set on a two-tiered base with a concrete foundation. The plinth displays the inscriptions for the First World War, while the upper tier of the base includes the Second World War inscription.
The inscription reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF WHISSONSETT/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)// THEIR NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE// 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
Local climate
Whissonett 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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