War memorial cross at Ormesby St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Great Yarmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 2018. War memorial cross.
War memorial cross at Ormesby St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- hushed-pillar-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 2018
- Type
- War memorial cross
- Address
- War memorial cross at Ormesby St Margaret, 2, Station Road, Norfolk, Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, NR29 3QB
- OS grid reference
- TG 495 147
- Coordinates
- 52.67294, 1.69044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial cross at Ormesby St Margaret is located in a triangular gravelled area at the eastern end of the green, where Cromer Road, North Road, and Station Street meet. It features a dressed grey granite wheel-head cross that stands on a pedestal. The pedestal has a moulded cap, a two-stage foot with chamfered corners, and rests on an octagonal base.
The pedestal displays inscriptions in applied metal lettering. The main dedicatory inscription on the front face reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS OF ORMESBY ST MARGARET, ORMESBY ST MICHAEL, SCRATBY AND CALIFORNIA WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 AND 1939 – 1945." The names of those who served in the First World War are listed on the other faces, while the names of Second World War casualties are recorded on the chamfered faces of the upper stage of the pedestal foot.
Local climate
War memorial cross at Ormesby St Margaret receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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