Brancaster War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 2015. War memorial.
Brancaster War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- patient-alcove-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TF 772 438
- Coordinates
- 52.96301, 0.63712
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brancaster War Memorial is located on the north side of the main road through Brancaster, in the south-west corner of the churchyard of the Grade I-listed St Mary’s church. This memorial features a roughly-dressed 3-meter tall granite Celtic cross, with a wheel-cross head on a tapering shaft. An inverted sword in relief is depicted on the upper part of the memorial. The shaft stands on a tapering plinth, which has a smooth-dressed front face that bears the inscription: "ERECTED TO THE MEMORY/ OF BRANCASTER MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ 1914 – 1919 (31 NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
The base of the plinth has been modified to include an additional inscription for 1939-1945 (6 NAMES) and 1949/ BERLIN AIR LIFT (1 NAME). The churchyard wall at the corner has been replaced with iron railings on a stone kerb, which runs between two squat brick piers, allowing the memorial to be more visible. This arrangement is contemporary with the memorial itself.
Local climate
Brancaster War Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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