Watton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 2018. War memorial.
Watton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- weathered-storey-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Watton War Memorial, C120m South of Queen's Hall, Memorial Way, Junction of Thetford Road and Merton Road, Norfolk, IP25 6BS
- OS grid reference
- TF 917 006
- Coordinates
- 52.57009, 0.82786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Watton War Memorial is situated at the junction of Thetford Road and Merton Road. It features a square cross on a tapering pedestal atop a tall pylon, which is square in shape and slightly narrows as it rises. The pylon is set on a deep base that is elevated by two shallow steps. Surrounding the monument is a spiked chain held by eight ornamental metal posts shaped like urns, with each post adorned with wreaths cast in low relief on either side. A square kerb encloses the entire structure.
The front face of the pylon displays a cast bronze wreath, beneath which is the main dedicatory inscription that reads: "IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ WATTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 + 1919/ FOR THE SACRED CAUSE/ OF RIGHT AND FREEDOM/ THIS MONUMENT/ HAS BEEN ERECTED BY/ THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN/ TO COMMEMORATE THEIR/ GLORIOUS SELF-SACRIFICE/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH."
The names of those commemorated from the First World War are inscribed on the other three sides of the pylon. Names from the Second World War were added later by attaching a cast metal plaque to the east face of the pylon, which reads: "1939 1945/ THE FOLLOWING GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (17 NAMES)/ AND SO THEY PASSED OVER AND ALL/ THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR THEM ON/ THE OTHER SIDE."
Local climate
Watton 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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