Hethersett War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 2017. War memorial.
Hethersett War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-flue-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hethersett War Memorial, St Remigius' Churchyard, Norwich Road, NR9 3JW
- OS grid reference
- TG 160 049
- Coordinates
- 52.59926, 1.18917
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hethersett War Memorial is made of Portland stone and is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Remigius, which is a Grade II*-listed building. The memorial is prominently placed by the churchyard path, to the north of the church. It is designed based on Sir Reginald Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice and features a tall, octagonal cross with a moulded foot that rises from an octagonal plinth. The front face of the cross displays a reversed sword. The plinth is set on a three-stepped octagonal base, with the lowest step featuring a slightly projecting cornice for placing floral tributes. The plinth has inscriptions in incised lettering.
The main dedicatory inscription reads "1914 - 1918/ IN/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO MADE THE/ GREAT SACRIFICE/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE." The names of the commemorated individuals, along with their dates of death, are recorded around the plinth. The dedication for the Second World War states "1939 - 1945/ IN/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO MADE THE/ GREAT SACRIFICE/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE," with names and dates of death listed on the plinth faces to either side. An additional inscription from 1956 is found on the final face of the plinth.
Local climate
Hethersett 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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