Edith Cavell Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Edith Cavell Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallen-cellar-bittern
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1972
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Edith Cavell Memorial, Tombland, NR3 1HF
- OS grid reference
- TG 233 088
- Coordinates
- 52.63151, 1.29913
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Edith Cavell Memorial is a sculpture created by Henry Pegram, erected in 1918 and relocated to its current position in 1993. It features a bronze bust of Edith Cavell, set on a stone pyramidal plinth, which stands on a square base. The memorial is located on the south-east side of Erpingham Gate, facing south-west across Tombland.
The bust depicts Cavell in her nurse's uniform, while the plinth includes a life-size carving of a soldier in high relief. The soldier's right arm reaches up to present a wreath to Cavell, symbolizing the men she protected and the sacrifice she made, while his left arm is positioned behind him, holding the barrel of his rifle. The west face of the base is inscribed with the words 'EDITH CAVELL NURSE / PATRIOT AND MARTYR', and the rear face bears the inscription 'ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / J.G. GORDON MUNN ESQ MD FRSE / LORD MAYOR 1914 - 1915'. The right side of the plinth and the base of the bust are inscribed with 'HENRY PEGRAM SC 1918'.
Additionally, a stone kerb walling that forms a raised flower bed on three sides of the memorial was laid out in 2015, but this feature is not included in the listing.
Local climate
Edith Cavell Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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
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