Wacton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 2018. War memorial.
Wacton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- muted-keep-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Wacton War Memorial, All Saints Churchyard, Church Road, Wacton Magna, NR15 2UG
- OS grid reference
- TM 179 917
- Coordinates
- 52.48033, 1.20831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wacton War Memorial is a structure commemorating those who fell in the First World War, erected around 1920. It is prominently located within the churchyard to the north of All Saints Church. The memorial is made of marble and takes the form of an obelisk, which is set on a two-tiered plinth. This plinth is enclosed by a square area defined by low marble posts linked by chains. The upper edge of the top tier of the plinth is moulded, while the lower tier features a simple chamfer. At the front of the enclosure, on either side of the approach to the memorial, there are two small urns.
The upper tier of the plinth displays the names of the fallen in leaded lettering. These names are also recorded within the church on a hand-written wall-hung Roll of Honour.
Local climate
Wacton 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 89% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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