Forncett St Peter War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 2017. War memorial.
Forncett St Peter War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- half-obsidian-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Forncett St Peter War Memorial, St Peter's Churchyard, Aslacton Road, NR16 1LT
- OS grid reference
- TM 164 928
- Coordinates
- 52.49061, 1.18654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forncett St Peter War Memorial is a First World War memorial from the early 1920s, with an addition for the Second World War. It is made of limestone and is situated in the churchyard to the west of the Church of St Peter, which is a Grade I-listed building.
The memorial features a limestone, wheel-head cross pattée. Each arm of the cross is adorned with detailed carvings of a Rose, Iris, Grape, and Passion of Christ Flower, while a Tudor rose motif is located at the center. The wheel of the cross also includes small floral carvings. The cross head is set atop a straight, four-sided shaft that has a simply-moulded foot and a relief-carved wreath beneath the cross head. This shaft rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth with a double-moulded cap and chamfered foot, which sits on a large stone base that has rusticated detailing and a bronze wreath affixed to the front. The entire structure rests on a small concrete platform.
The main inscription is located on the plinth, beneath an incised cross pattée symbol, and reads: "IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918." The other sides of the memorial display the names of the fallen and a dedication for the Second World War. All lettering is incised and painted black.
Local climate
Forncett St Peter 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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