Knapton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Knapton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- calm-pilaster-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Knapton War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, the Street, NR28 0AD
- OS grid reference
- TG 307 341
- Coordinates
- 52.85543, 1.42595
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knapton War Memorial is made from rough-hewn granite and features a Latin cross that rises from a plinth with polished recessed panels containing lead inscriptions. The memorial is set on a single-stepped square base.
The front face of the plinth displays an inscription that reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 (NAMES)."
Another face of the plinth includes the inscription for the Second World War, which states: "AND THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 (NAMES)."
Local climate
Knapton War Memorial 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 65% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings