Middleton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 2018. War memorial.
Middleton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- night-ashlar-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Middleton War Memorial, C13m to the South-West of the Church Porch, St Mary's Church, Lynn Road, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE32 1RH
- OS grid reference
- TF 662 159
- Coordinates
- 52.71587, 0.4599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Middleton War Memorial is a polished grey granite structure located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, which is listed at Grade II*. It is situated near the path leading to the south porch and close to several Grade II-listed churchyard monuments. The memorial features a Classical vase with two krater-like handles and etched decoration, which stands on the pedimented top of a square stele. The stele has a two-stage base and is set on a square concrete platform.
The front faces of the pediments are adorned with decorative foliage motifs, and both the top and bottom of the stele are encircled by an incised pattern that resembles metopes. The main dedicatory inscription, incised on the front face of the stele, reads: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF MIDDLETON WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS' JOHN 15: 13." The names of those commemorated from the First World War are listed on either side of the stele, while the rear features an inscription for the Second World War, reading "1939-1945 (NAMES)."
The memorial is surrounded by a metal rail supported by eight low ornamental iron posts.
Local climate
Middleton 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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