West Dereham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 2017. War memorial.
West Dereham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- pitched-lancet-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- West Dereham War Memorial, St Andrew's Churchyard, Saint Andrew's Walk, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE33 9PT
- OS grid reference
- TF 667 020
- Coordinates
- 52.59104, 0.46076
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The West Dereham War Memorial is a First World War memorial erected between 1919 and 1939, with the architect remaining unknown. It is made of carved granite and features a Celtic cross topped with a longsword carved in relief, positioned point downwards, on a low, rough-hewn plinth. This plinth is set on one granite step, which is placed on another step made of granite setts.
The memorial is enclosed by a low iron railing attached to four granite corner posts, all sitting on a platform of granite setts and concrete. The base of the cross bears an inscription in leaded letters that reads: "GREAT WAR. / 1914 – 1919. / SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF THE / GALLANT FALLEN / FROM THIS PARISH." The plinth below lists the names of the Fallen in two columns separated by a cross. Additionally, a polished granite slab inscribed "1939 – 1945 / NAMES" commemorates those who fell in the Second World War and appears to rest against the main structure of the memorial.
Local climate
West Dereham War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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