Limpenhoe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 2018. Memorial.

Limpenhoe War Memorial

WRENN ID
winding-lintel-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Broadland
Constituency
Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 2018
Type
Memorial
Address
Limpenhoe War Memorial, St Botolph's Churchyard, Church Road, Norfolk, Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood, NR13 3JB
OS grid reference
TG 395 040
Coordinates
52.58105, 1.53407
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Limpenhoe War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920. It is made of grey granite and is prominently located by the churchyard path near the church entrance. The memorial features a rough-hewn wheel head cross that stands about 7 feet tall on a plinth with a single-stepped base. The plinth is inscribed with incised lettering that reads: THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ REST ETERNAL GRANT UNTO THEM O LORD.

Local climate

Limpenhoe War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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