Great Plumstead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 2017. War memorial.
Great Plumstead War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- kindled-wattle-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Great Plumstead War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Mary's Church, Church Road, Norfolk, Great and Little Plumstead, NR13 5AB
- OS grid reference
- TG 301 099
- Coordinates
- 52.63842, 1.40081
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Great Plumstead War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of granite and features a wheel-head cross. The memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, prominently positioned to the left of the path leading to the church's south porch.
The structure consists of a stone wheel-head cross set on a steeply tapering, four-sided plinth, which has a single-stepped base beneath it. The memorial is marked with the name POTTER, although the identity of this maker is not confirmed.
On the east face of the plinth, there is an incised inscription that reads: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ (10 NAMES) / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918." Additionally, a later inscription on the south side states: "ALSO OF/ (NAME)/ 1939 - 1945 / (NAME)."
Local climate
Great Plumstead War Memorial 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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