Gunthorpe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 2017. War memorial.
Gunthorpe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- low-jade-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 November 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Gunthorpe War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard, Bale Road, NR2 2PD
- OS grid reference
- TG 011 352
- Coordinates
- 52.87674, 0.98815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gunthorpe War Memorial is a First World War memorial located in the churchyard to the south-west of the Church of St Mary, which is also listed at Grade II*. The memorial is made of grey granite and features a Celtic wheel-head cross adorned with knot work designs carved in relief on the cross-head. The center of the cross-head is diamond-shaped and displays the monogram HIS in relief. The cross has a tall, tapering shaft that is inset on the front (east) face, with additional Celtic knot work carved in relief near the base. This shaft rises from a tapering, rough-hewn plinth that has a smooth front (east) face, which carries the inscription.
The inscription is in raised, leaded lettering and reads: "FOR GOD/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ (9 NAMES)/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ R.I.P./ “THESE DIED IN WAR THAT WE AT PEACE MIGHT LIVE/ THESE GAVE THEIR BEST, SO WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE/ NOT FOR THEMSELVES, FOR JUSTICE, FREEDOM, RIGHT/ THEY FOUGHT, AND BID US FORWARD TO THE FIGHT.”
The memorial is set within a small, square area of gravel that is bordered by granite kerbs.
Local climate
Gunthorpe 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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