Great Walsingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 2018. Memorial. 3 related planning applications.
Great Walsingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- salt-loggia-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Great Walsingham War Memorial, C50m to the North-East of St Peter's Church, the Churchyard, St Peters Road, NR22 6DW
- OS grid reference
- TF 939 375
- Coordinates
- 52.9006, 0.88155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Walsingham War Memorial is a First World War memorial cross located in the north-east corner of the churchyard of the Church of All Saints and St Peter, which is a Grade I listed building. The memorial is prominently placed just inside the churchyard entrance. It features an elaborate wheel-head cross that rises from a moulded collar atop a slender, octagonal shaft. This cross shaft is mounted on a square pedestal with moulded upper corners, which itself stands on a two-stage base. The base has freestone corners and cornice, with knapped flint panels on the sides of the upper stage. A step is incorporated into the upper stage of the base on the south side.
The pedestal displays inscriptions carved in relief. The main dedicatory inscription on the south face reads: "IN PROUD AND/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN/ OF GREAT WALSINGHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE WAR/ 1914 – 1919." The names of those commemorated are listed on the east and west faces, while the north face features the inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
Local climate
Great Walsingham War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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