Cawston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 2015. War memorial.
Cawston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sharp-chapel-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cawston War Memorial, Cawston Cemetery, Aylsham Road, Norfolk, NR10 4TB
- OS grid reference
- TG 137 237
- Coordinates
- 52.76878, 1.1664
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cawston War Memorial is located in the footpath at the center of Cawston Cemetery. Made of Clipsham limestone, it features a wheel-head cross that rises from a lantern on a tall, octagonal shaft. This shaft is set on a square plinth, which itself stands on a two-stepped base made of brick and limestone. The arms of the cross head are finished with carved trefoils, while the lantern is adorned with carved quatrefoils enclosing rosettes on each side and has pinnacles at each corner.
The main inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CAWSTON WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE." The names of local servicemen who died in the First World War are inscribed on the other faces of the plinth. Additionally, the front face of the upper stage of the base includes the inscription "1939 – 1945," with the names of three men who fell in the Second World War listed below. All inscriptions are incised.
The memorial is surrounded by a raised, circular flowerbed, which contains a square marble plaque that states: "THIS WAR MEMORIAL WAS RE-DEDICATED 9TH JUNE 2001 HAVING BEEN RESTORED AFTER LIGHTNING DAMAGE." This inscription is also incised and painted black.
Local climate
Cawston War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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