Horning War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 2017. War memorial.
Horning War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dark-cinder-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- The Broads Authority
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Horning War Memorial, St Benedict's Churchyard, Church Road, Norfolk, North Norfolk, NR12 8PZ
- OS grid reference
- TG 354 166
- Coordinates
- 52.69587, 1.48362
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Horning War Memorial is a First World War memorial with an addition for the Second World War, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Benedict, which is also listed at Grade II*. It is positioned to the east of the churchyard path leading to the church.
The memorial features a stone Celtic wheel-head cross, adorned with carved knot-work on the cross-head and the upper half of the shaft. This cross rises from a four-sided, tapering plinth topped with a moulded cap, which sits on a single-stepped, rock-faced base. The lower half of the shaft and the plinth display inscriptions in incised lettering that is painted black.
The main inscription is located on the west face of the shaft and reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN ENDURING REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF HORNING." This continues on the plinth below with the words: "WHO FOUGHT BRAVELY AND SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS" followed by 11 names. Directly beneath, on the upper surface of the base, are the words: "MORS JANUA VITAE."
The dedication for the single casualty from the Second World War is found on the north face of the plinth, stating: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN ENDURING REMEMBRANCE OF (NAME) ROYAL NORFOLK REGT WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR 1939-1945 WHOSOEVER SHALL LOSE HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL SAVE IT."
The memorial is set within a small, square gravelled area, which is a later addition.
Local climate
Horning War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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