Melton Constable War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 2018. War memorial.
Melton Constable War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- steep-steeple-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Melton Constable War Memorial, Briston Road, NR24 2DP
- OS grid reference
- TG 044 331
- Coordinates
- 52.85661, 1.03506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Melton Constable War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected in 1922, with an addition for the Second World War. It was designed by Mr. W Marriott, who was the Engineer and Traffic Manager of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Company, and it was manufactured at the railway works in Melton Constable.
Constructed from cast concrete blocks, the memorial is located outside the former village school, which dates to 1896, on the north side of Briston Road. It features a neoclassical-style cenotaph, consisting of a tall, square-sectioned concrete pillar. This pillar is supported on each side by buttress piers that are topped with ornamental scrolled consoles. At the top, it has a moulded entablature with a frieze inscribed with the date '1914 - 1918'. A carved laurel wreath that once rested on the blocking course above the frieze has been lost. On the south face, there is a bronze plaque that reads: 'TO OUR / GLORIOUS DEAD / [Names] / THEIR NAME FOR / EVER LIVETH'. The entire structure stands on a three-stepped base that is curved at the front.
The boundary walls and railings of the former school that enclose the memorial on its east, west, and south sides are not considered of special interest and are therefore excluded from the listing.
Local climate
Melton Constable 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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