Shouldham Thorpe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 2018. War memorial.
Shouldham Thorpe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- keen-brick-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Shouldham Thorpe War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Lane, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE33 0ED
- OS grid reference
- TF 661 080
- Coordinates
- 52.64446, 0.45366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shouldham Thorpe War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of grey granite and is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin on Church Lane in Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk. The memorial is prominently situated to the west of the church, near the church door.
The structure features a rough-hewn wheel-head cross mounted on a plinth with a single-stepped base. The plinth has a smoothed face that displays the First World War inscriptions in leaded lettering. The Second World War inscriptions are on a small metal plaque attached to the lower shaft of the cross.
The inscription on the plinth reads: "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS VILLAGE WHO DIED/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)." The plaque for the Second World War states: "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO DIED IN THE WAR 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Shouldham Thorpe 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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