Raveningham War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2018. War memorial.
Raveningham War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- tattered-tallow-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Raveningham War Memorial Cross, C20m to the South-West of St Andrew's Church, the Churchyard, Raveningham Hall, Beccles Road, NR14 6NR
- OS grid reference
- TM 397 963
- Coordinates
- 52.51264, 1.532
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Raveningham War Memorial Cross is a Portland stone structure located in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, which is a Grade II-listed building, within the Grade II park of Raveningham Hall. It is prominently placed by the path, close to the church porch.
The memorial features a cross patée that is octagonal in section, with a moulded foot, reflecting the octagonal upper stage of the church's round tower. The cross shaft is set on a tapering plinth, which is also octagonal in plan. This plinth rests on a three-stepped, octagonal base.
The main inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918." The names of those commemorated are inscribed on other faces of the plinth, along with the dedication: "THIS CROSS IS SET UP IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO PRESERVED OUR HOMES IN TIME OF DANGER." A later dedication for the Second World War reads: "AND OF THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 (NAME)."
Additional inscriptions are found around the faces of the upper step of the base, stating: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE," and on the middle step, "TO THE ARMS OF THY LOVE WE COMMIT THEM."
Local climate
Raveningham War Memorial Cross receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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