West Acre and District War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 2016. War memorial.
West Acre and District War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-hinge-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- West Acre and District War Memorial, Village Green, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE32 1WB
- OS grid reference
- TF 780 152
- Coordinates
- 52.7055, 0.6334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The West Acre and District War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure made of millstone grit with a flint base. It features an ornate fleur-de-lis wheel-head cross atop a tapering square shaft, which rises from a square plinth on a round two-stepped base. The first step consists of four splayed stones, and the entire memorial stands on a round sloping base made of flints.
The original inscription on the plinth is currently not legible, but it is evident that the front face had a dedication, while the other faces were inscribed with names. The rear face is somewhat more readable, displaying the years 1939 - 1945 followed by the word "NAMES."
Attached to the front of the memorial is a bronze dedicatory plaque that reads: "ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM WEST ACRE, EAST WALTON AND GAYTON THORPE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE TWO WORLD WARS OF 1914 – 1918 AND 1939 – 1945. THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON A MEMORIAL IN THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, WEST ACRE."
Local climate
West Acre and District War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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