Blakeney War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 2016. Memorial.
Blakeney War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- winding-quartz-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Blakeney War Memorial, New Road, Holt, NR25 7NZ
- OS grid reference
- TG 030 436
- Coordinates
- 52.95139, 1.02034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blakeney War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled and dedicated in 1921, with additions for the Second World War. The inscription tablets were renewed in the 1990s.
Constructed of brick and flint, the memorial features marble inscription tablets. It is located on the south side of New Road and consists of a tall, rectangular pedestal set on a terracotta tiled plinth with two steps. At the top, there is a triangular pediment. The panel dedicating the memorial to the First World War is placed within a round-headed niche and reads: "THESE / COTTAGES / ARE ERECTED IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE / BLAKENEY MEN WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR / 1914 - 1918 [Names]." At the bottom of the pedestal, there is a small marble tablet inscribed: "AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Names]."
Low, curving flint walls with brick coping, plinths, and square end piers are attached to each side of the pedestal. Approximately 12 meters behind the memorial stand the Memorial Cottages, a pair of semi-detached bungalows built as part of the parish's commemorative scheme to honor the war dead, although the cottages themselves are not of special interest.
Local climate
Blakeney War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% 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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