Tibenham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 2018. War memorial.
Tibenham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- under-alcove-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Tibenham War Memorial, Church of All Saints, Church Road, NR16 1QB
- OS grid reference
- TM 134 898
- Coordinates
- 52.46515, 1.14122
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tibenham War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1920 and includes later additions. It has an octagonal shape and features a Latin cross, plinth, and base made of Carrera marble, designed to imitate the Cross of Sacrifice by Sir Reginald Blomfield. A small metal cross is located on the front (west) elevation, and the memorial stands on a platform made of Portland stone. The eight sides of the plinth are inscribed with the words: '1914-18 / THESE WERE / OUR CHILDREN / WHO DIED / FOR OUR / HOMES THEY / WERE DEAR / IN OUR SIGHT’. The names of those who fell in the First World War (1914-18) are inscribed on the four western sides of the plinth, while the names of three individuals who fell in the Second World War (1939-45) were added to the base of the front (west) elevation. The memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, which is listed at Grade I, and is prominently placed along the path from Church Road.
Local climate
Tibenham 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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