War Memorial in Tower Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1993. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial in Tower Gardens
- WRENN ID
- salt-cellar-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1993
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in Tower Gardens, St James' Street, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 620 197
- Coordinates
- 52.75121, 0.39958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Tower Gardens, located on St James' Street in King's Lynn, commemorates those who served in the First World War, with additional inscriptions relating to the Second World War. Designed by Oswald Milne and completed in 1921, the memorial is made of stone and features an octagonal plinth with three steps. Above the plinth is a square pedestal adorned with fielded panels on each side that bear inscriptions. The chamfered edges of the pedestal include panels listing the names of battles. Atop the pedestal is a square base that supports an octagonal shaft, which culminates in a Latin cross.
Local climate
War Memorial in Tower Gardens 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 84% 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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