Freethorpe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 2018. War memorial.
Freethorpe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallen-shingle-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Freethorpe War Memorial, Freethorpe Methodist Churchyard, Chapelfield, Norfolk, NR13 3LY
- OS grid reference
- TG 408 048
- Coordinates
- 52.58812, 1.55392
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Freethorpe War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920. It is made of polished red granite and has a square plan. The memorial features a polished red granite urn sitting atop a four-sided red granite pillar, which has a crown-shaped moulded cap adorned with incised floral motifs. This is set on a red granite plinth, which is supported by a two-stepped stone base. The entire structure is located within a small, gravelled square that is bordered by eight low, decorative iron posts connected by thick chains.
The inscription on the pillar reads: "THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHOSE NAMES APPEAR HEREWITH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE DURING THE GREAT WAR AUG 1914 – NOV 1918 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" followed by the names of the fallen.
Local climate
Freethorpe War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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