West Somerton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Great Yarmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 2019. War memorial.
West Somerton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- spare-grate-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- West Somerton War Memorial, Roadside, Junction of Church Road and Winterton Road, Norfolk, NR29 4DR
- OS grid reference
- TG 473 197
- Coordinates
- 52.71846, 1.66097
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Somerton War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920 and altered after the Second World War. It is made of granite and is situated at a road junction on a rise of ground. The memorial features a chamfered octagonal pillar that supports a sculpted, sleeping lion. This pillar stands on an octagonal plinth with a moulded top lip and a rough-hewn octagonal tier base.
The front (north-east) face of the pillar has the inscription: "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / EAST AND WEST SOMERTON / WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT / WAR FOR LIBERTY 1914 1919 / THE FOLLOWING GAVE THEIR LIVES," followed by the names of the 15 fallen soldiers. Below this, it reads, "WHO WOULD TRUE VALOUR SEE / LET HIM COME HITHER."
On the north-west face of the memorial, there is an inscription that states, "IN THE / 1939 - 1945 / WAR," followed by one name, and below it, "MADE THE / SUPREME / SACRIFICE," along with the name of the second parishioner who fell in that conflict.
Local climate
West Somerton War Memorial 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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