Morley War Memorial Cross with flint and brick front enclosure wall and steps is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 2018. Memorial.
Morley War Memorial Cross with flint and brick front enclosure wall and steps
- WRENN ID
- steep-vestry-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Morley War Memorial Cross with flint and brick front enclosure wall and steps, C25m South-East of Morley Primary School, Junction of Deopham Road and St Peter's Hill, Morley St Botolph, NR18 9TE
- OS grid reference
- TM 064 996
- Coordinates
- 52.55557, 1.044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Morley War Memorial Cross is a Cornish granite structure located in an enclosure on the south-east side of the junction of Deopham Road and St Peter’s Hill. The memorial features an approximately 3-meter tall rough-hewn wheel-head cross that stands on a tapering plinth. This plinth is set on a single-stepped base, which is square in shape. Inscriptions are displayed on the plinth.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THE PARISHES OF MORLEY WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)." A later dedication for the Second World War is found on the north-east face of the plinth, stating: "ALSO OF THOSE WHO DIED IN/ THE WAR OF 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)."
The memorial is raised above road level and is enclosed by a flint cobble retaining wall with red brick dressings, topped with a course of half-round black engineering bricks that support railings. Access to the enclosure is provided by a rake of four steps leading up to a gate. The metal railings and gate are noted as not being of special architectural or historic interest.
Local climate
Morley War Memorial Cross with flint and brick front enclosure wall and steps sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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