Methwold War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 January 2016. War memorial.
Methwold War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- open-transept-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 January 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Methwold War Memorial, Methwold Cemetery, Stoke Road, Ip26, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TL 736 950
- Coordinates
- 52.52582, 0.55755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Methwold War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure made of red granite. It features an obelisk that stands on a square tapering plinth, which is supported by a two-stepped square base.
The front face of the plinth has an inscription that states: ERECTED / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / TO THE MEN OF METHWOLD / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS. The names of those who died in the First World War are inscribed on the other faces of the plinth.
Additionally, the front face of the first step of the base reads: ALSO THE FALLEN IN WAR / 1939 – 1945, with the names of those who fell in the Second World War listed on the remaining faces of the top step of the base. All inscriptions are incised and painted black.
Local climate
Methwold War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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