Thurton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 2019. Memorial.
Thurton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sunken-mortar-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 2019
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Thurton War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Ethelbert, Hall Road, NR14 6AG
- OS grid reference
- TG 328 006
- Coordinates
- 52.55376, 1.43317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thurton War Memorial is a First World War memorial that also includes a later addition for the Second World War. It is located near the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Ethelbert, which is a Grade I listed building. The memorial features a stone wheel-head cross, with the letters IHS carved at its center and strapwork carvings on both the cross and the shaft. It has a shouldered and chamfered plinth, resting on a single-stepped base. The front (south) face of the plinth is inscribed in painted lettering, honoring the names of parish members who died in military service during the Great War from 1914 to 1919, as well as those who fought and died between 1939 and 1945, concluding with the phrase "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH."
Local climate
Thurton War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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