Great Massingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Great Massingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-railing-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Great Massingham War Memorial, St Mary’S Churchyard, Church Lane, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE32 2HY
- OS grid reference
- TF 798 229
- Coordinates
- 52.77416, 0.66469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Massingham War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is situated to the west of the Grade I-listed Church of St Mary, within the churchyard and next to the main path leading to the church.
Constructed from Portland stone, the memorial features a cross bottonée, which is a Greek cross with each arm ending in a trefoil. This cross is set atop an octagonal shaft that has a molded collar resembling a crown, complete with trefoil finials. The shaft stands on a square base that rises from a square plinth, which has a molded, tiered cap and a chamfered foot, all resting on a tapering stone block.
The plinth's faces display inscriptions and names in incised lettering, painted black. The main inscription is on the west face and reads: "THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ LET US REMEMBER IN LOVE AND/ GRATITUDE THESE OUR BROTHERS/ WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ AND LET US SEEK TO WALK WORTHY/ OF THEIR SACRIFICE." The names of the 21 individuals who died are listed on the north and south faces, while the east face bears the inscription: "IF YE SUFFER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS/ SAKE HAPPY ARE YE" 1 ST PETER III 14.
On the south face of the base of the shaft, the dates of the Second World War, 1939 – 1945, are inscribed along with the name of the single casualty.
The memorial is surrounded by eight decorative metal posts designed with a barley twist pattern and finials, all painted black and connected by chains.
Local climate
Great Massingham 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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