William Balls monument at Cromer Old Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 2020. A Victorian Monument. 1 related planning application.
William Balls monument at Cromer Old Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- iron-pavement-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 2020
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- William Balls monument at Cromer Old Cemetery, William Balls Monument Approximately 20m West of the Cemetery Chapel, Holt Road, NR27 9EB
- OS grid reference
- TG 211 419
- Coordinates
- 52.92944, 1.2893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The William Balls monument is a headstone located in Cromer Old Cemetery, dating from around 1881. It is made of carved stone and features slightly narrowed sides with a curved top. The headstone includes an oval relief panel depicting a ship in a heavy sea under lowering clouds. The inscription commemorates William Balls, the husband of Frances Martha Balls, who died at the age of 25 after falling from the lugger, Egmere, during a gale on October 29, 1880. The deceased's granddaughter, Mrs. Joan Witham, has confirmed the faint inscription and noted that family tradition holds that the relief represents the Egmere. This headstone is considered very unusual and fine, as it not only marks the tragic death of a young man at sea but also illustrates the ship from which he fell. It forms a group with the listed Chapel and three other listed headstones in the cemetery.
Local climate
William Balls monument at Cromer Old Cemetery receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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