Roydon War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 2018. War memorial.
Roydon War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- far-arch-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Roydon War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Remigius, High Road (A1066), IP22 5RE
- OS grid reference
- TM 096 804
- Coordinates
- 52.38159, 1.07903
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Roydon War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of Portland stone and is located in the churchyard of the Grade I-listed St Remigius Church on High Road in Roydon, Norfolk. The memorial is prominently placed near the churchyard entrance within a low-hedged enclosure, making it easily visible from High Road.
The structure features a 3.2-meter tall wheel-head cross made of Portland stone, set on a four-sided shaft with slightly chamfered edges and a moulded foot. This shaft is atop a tapering four-sided plinth and a two-stepped base. The plinth has inscriptions in incised and painted lettering.
The inscription reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ AND IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Roydon 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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