Snettisham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2018. War memorial.
Snettisham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- bitter-hammer-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Snettisham War Memorial, Roadside Enclosure, Lynn Road, B1440 (Near Junction with Hall Road), King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE31 7LP
- OS grid reference
- TF 685 342
- Coordinates
- 52.87922, 0.50279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Snettisham War Memorial is a First World War memorial built around 1920, located at the roadside along Lynn Road (B1440) at a triangular junction with Hall Road and Old Church Road in Snettisham, Norfolk. It features a Celtic wheel-head cross made of Portland stone, which sits atop a wide, tapering shaft. Below the shaft is a tall plinth with a deeply corniced upper section and a moulded foot. This is supported by a three-tiered base made of carrstone blocks and brick. The entire memorial is enclosed by metal railings, and the plinth displays inscriptions and names in incised lettering. The main inscription reads: "THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS 1914 – 1918 AND 1939 – 1945" followed by the names of the fallen.
Local climate
Snettisham War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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