Harpley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 2017. War memorial.
Harpley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- little-string-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Harpley War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Lawrence's Church, Church Lane, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE31 6TL
- OS grid reference
- TF 788 260
- Coordinates
- 52.8023, 0.65198
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Harpley War Memorial is made of marble and is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, which is a Grade I listed building. The memorial is prominently placed to the left of the churchyard path that leads to the south church porch. It features a simple marble obelisk that is square in shape, standing on a tapering plinth with a three-stepped base below. The memorial is set within a square area that is kerbed and gravelled. The plinth displays inscriptions in applied metal lettering.
The main dedicatory inscription states: "THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS OF HARPLEY/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE GALLANT MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918." The names of those commemorated, along with their unit or regiment, are recorded on the sides of the plinth. Additionally, there is a later dedication that reads: "THESE MEN ALSO SERVED/ WITH OTHERS FROM THIS PARISH/ IN THE 1939 - 1945 WAR."
Local climate
Harpley War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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