Scole War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 2018. Memorial.
Scole War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- scarred-terrace-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Scole War Memorial, Bungay Road, Junction with Norwich Road, IP21 4DZ
- OS grid reference
- TM 150 789
- Coordinates
- 52.36624, 1.15686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Scole War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, located by the roadside on a wide verge on the north side of Bungay Road, near the junction with Norwich Road in Scole, Norfolk. It features a 3.6-meter tall Latin cross with chamfered edges, standing on a three-tiered octagonal base, which also has chamfered edges. The tiers of the base display inscriptions in incised and blacked lettering. The main dedicatory inscription reads: "IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF// (NAMES)// WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The memorial is made of Portland stone.
Local climate
Scole War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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