Pentney War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 2018. War memorial.
Pentney War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-vestry-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Pentney War Memorial, The Churchyard, Church of St Mary Magdalene, Narborough Road, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE32 1JW
- OS grid reference
- TF 720 138
- Coordinates
- 52.695, 0.54492
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The granite war memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, which is a Grade I-listed building. It is prominently positioned by the churchyard path near the church porch. The memorial features a wheel-head cross that stands on a tapering plinth with a single-stepped base. The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918" followed by seven names.
Additionally, the names of those who died in the Second World War are recorded on a granite slab placed at the foot of the memorial, with the inscription stating: "THIS STONE COMMEMORATES THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939-1945 WAR" followed by three names. The memorial is surrounded by a low granite kerb.
Local climate
Pentney War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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