Bracon Ash and Hethel War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2017. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Bracon Ash and Hethel War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-pedestal-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bracon Ash and Hethel War Memorial, Junction of the Street with Hawkes Lane, Norwich, NR14 8EW
- OS grid reference
- TM 182 999
- Coordinates
- 52.55359, 1.21785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bracon Ash and Hethel War Memorial is a war memorial made of grey granite, located at the roadside at the junction of B1113 (The Street) and Hawkes Lane in Bracon Ash, South Norfolk. It is prominently placed on a triangular green in front of the village hall. The memorial features a granite obelisk divided into three sections, which stands on a square-sectioned rough-hewn plinth that has a dressed cornice and recessed smooth panels with black leaded inscriptions. This is set on a low, single-step base. Surrounding the memorial are four low, rough-hewn, four-sided grey granite posts connected by metal bars.
The front face of the memorial displays an inscription in leaded lettering that reads "TO OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD/ 1914 + 1919." To the right, the names of those who fell in the First World War are listed above the inscription "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS: THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." The rear side commemorates the Second World War with the inscription "SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 + 1945/ (NAME)," while the final side also includes a name.
Local climate
Bracon Ash and Hethel 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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