Pulham St Mary War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 2016. War memorial.
Pulham St Mary War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- idle-chapel-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Pulham St Mary War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, the Street, IP21 4RD
- OS grid reference
- TM 212 852
- Coordinates
- 52.42033, 1.25207
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pulham St Mary War Memorial is situated at the southern edge of the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, which is a Grade I-listed building. The memorial is positioned on an elevated site, making its front face visible from the main road below. It features a Celtic cross made of Portland stone, which rises from a slightly tapered plinth that stands on a three-stepped base. The head of the cross is decorated with a central boss.
On the front (south side) of the plinth, there is a small Maltese cross incised into the stone, along with a dedicatory inscription that reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF THOSE IN THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 1918."
The names of those who died in the First World War are inscribed on the east and west sides of the plinth, as well as on the east face of the top step. On the north side of the plinth, there is an inscription that states: "ALSO OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN/ THE 1939-1945 WAR" followed by six names.
Local climate
Pulham St Mary War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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