Swardeston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 2017. War memorial.

Swardeston War Memorial

WRENN ID
long-foundation-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 2017
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
TG 199 023
Coordinates
52.57452, 1.24409
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Swardeston War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920. It is made of rock-faced granite and is located on a small green next to the lych gate at the entrance to the Church of St Mary. The memorial features a single-step base, a roughly trapezoidal plinth, and a tall shaft that tapers in rectangular section to a Celtic wheel-head cross. The cross has a relief carving of a sword with its blade pointing downwards. The east face of the plinth is inscribed with the words "PRO PATRIA," followed by names and the dates "1914 - 1919."

Local climate

Swardeston 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 85% 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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