Thurne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 July 2018. War memorial.

Thurne War Memorial

WRENN ID
western-dormer-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
The Broads Authority
Constituency
Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 July 2018
Type
War memorial
Address
Thurne War Memorial, Churchyard of St Edmund's Church, Church Road, Norfolk, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3BT
OS grid reference
TG 405 155
Coordinates
52.6846, 1.55736
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thurne War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of grey granite and is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Edmund on Church Road in Thurne, Norfolk. The memorial is prominently positioned in the south-east corner of the churchyard, facing the road, and is visible through a gap in the churchyard wall. It features a rough-hewn wheel-head cross on a plinth with a two-stepped base. The plinth displays the inscription for the First World War, while a separate granite slab at the foot of the cross contains the Second World War inscriptions. The inscription reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THESE/ PARISHES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 – 45/ (NAMES)."

Local climate

Thurne War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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