Thorpe Hamlet War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 2018. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Thorpe Hamlet War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tall-spindle-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Thorpe Hamlet War Memorial, St Matthew's Church Driveway, Telegraph Lane West, NR1 4JJ
- OS grid reference
- TG 243 088
- Coordinates
- 52.63108, 1.31372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thorpe Hamlet War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, located prominently on the east side of St Matthew's Church. Constructed from stone and marble, the memorial was placed on a brick-edged platform when it was relocated.
The design features a wheel-head cross with ornate foliate lopes at each quarter, set on a tapering octagonal shaft that has a moulded collar and foot. This is positioned atop a four-sided plinth with chamfered corners and edges, resting on a three-tiered base. The plinth displays an inscription in incised and blacked lettering, which reads: 1914 - 1919/ YOU LIVE FOR ENGLAND/ WE FOR ENGLAND DIED// (NAMES)// (NAMES)// (NAMES)// IN THANKSGIVING FOR THESE AND ALL MEN AND WOMEN/ OF THORPE HAMLET WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY.
Local climate
Thorpe Hamlet War 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- 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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