Postwick War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 2018. War memorial.
Postwick War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- narrow-nave-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Postwick War Memorial Cross, The Churchyard, All Saint's Church, Church Road, Norfolk, Postwick with Witton, NR13 5HJ
- OS grid reference
- TG 296 078
- Coordinates
- 52.61959, 1.39055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Postwick War Memorial Cross is a grey granite structure located in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, which is also listed at grade II*. The memorial stands close to the church's south wall and features a rough-hewn wheel-head cross that is approximately 2 meters tall, set upon a tapering plinth. This plinth is elevated on a square granite step, which rests on a concrete foundation.
The plinth displays inscriptions made with applied metal lettering. The main dedicatory inscription on the west face of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THIS COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918." The names of seven individuals who served in the First World War are listed on the front face of the plinth. Additionally, a small granite tablet has been added at the base of the memorial to record the names of three individuals who served in the Second World War, with the inscription reading "1939 - 1945."
Local climate
Postwick War Memorial Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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