Grimston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 2018. War memorial.
Grimston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- high-window-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Grimston War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Botolph's Church, Gayton Road, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE32 1BG
- OS grid reference
- TF 721 218
- Coordinates
- 52.7669, 0.55011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grimston War Memorial is a stone structure approximately 4.5 meters tall, situated in the south-west corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Botolph, which is a Grade I listed building. It is located near the junctions of Gayton Road (B1153) and Watery Lane, opposite the Grade II-listed School and Church Hill Cottages. The memorial features a blind wheel-head cross adorned with finely worked concentric grooves and foliate relief carvings on the cross head, set on a tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft ends in a tiered, moulded foot that rests on an octagonal plinth with a simple foot, all supported by a three-stepped octagonal base.
The plinth displays inscriptions on each of its eight faces, crafted in incised but filled lettering. The main dedicatory inscription on the front face reads: "IN HONOURED MEMORY OF ALL WHO WENT FORTH FROM THIS PARISH AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." The names of those commemorated from the First World War are listed on six faces, with an incised rectangle where Albert Sayer's details have been removed. The rear face features a later dedication for the Second World War, which reads: "ALSO THE WAR 1939 - 1945 THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" followed by two names.
Local climate
Grimston War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% 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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