Norton Subcourse War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 2018. Memorial.
Norton Subcourse War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- south-gutter-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Norton Subcourse War Memorial, C7m to the South of the Church Tower, St Mary and St Margaret's Church, Church Road, NR14 6RU
- OS grid reference
- TM 407 986
- Coordinates
- 52.53242, 1.54809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The limestone war memorial is located to the south of the Church of St Mary, which is a Grade I-listed building, in the churchyard. It features a plain Latin cross that rises from a simple collar atop a tall, square shaft. The cross shaft is set on a tapering pedestal, which in turn rests on a three-stepped octagonal base. The plinth and the uppermost step of the base have inscriptions carved into the stone.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal reads "IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." The names of those being commemorated are listed on two faces of the pedestal. Additionally, on the front face of the upper step, there is another inscription that states, "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. 'PEACE, PERFECT PEACE.'"
Local climate
Norton Subcourse War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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