Norton St Philip War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2017. War memorial. 3 related planning applications.
Norton St Philip War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ancient-outpost-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Norton St Philip War Memorial, Churchyard of St Philip and St James, Vicarage Lane, BA2 7LY
- OS grid reference
- ST 772 557
- Coordinates
- 51.30007, -2.3284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Norton St Philip War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with alterations made after the Second World War. It is made of granite and stands approximately 3.6 metres high. The memorial features a wheel cross on a tapering shaft, which is set on a rough-hewn base surrounded by granite blocks. The shaft is inscribed with the words: "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF (NAMES) WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 1939-1945 (NAMES)."
Local climate
Norton St Philip War Memorial receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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