Buxton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 2017. War memorial.
Buxton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- worn-gravel-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Buxton War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, Mill Street, Norfolk, Buxton with Lammas, NR10 5JE
- OS grid reference
- TG 233 226
- Coordinates
- 52.75554, 1.30816
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Buxton War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew on Mill Street in Buxton, Norfolk. It is prominently located in the southwest corner of the churchyard, overlooking the junctions of Mill Street, Coltishall Road, and Aylsham Road. The memorial features a 3.3-meter high wheel-head cross atop an elegant octagonal tapering shaft with a moulded base. This shaft stands on a tapering plinth that bears inscriptions and is supported by a two-stepped base.
The main inscription, which is incised on the front (east) face of the plinth, reads: "IN PROUD AND AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF THOSE SONS OF BUXTON WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR HOMES & THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS 1914 – 1919 1939 – 1945."
The north and south faces display the words "THE GLORIOUS DEAD" followed by names. The west face features the poignant lines: "THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD; AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN; AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
Local climate
Buxton War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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