NHER 66734 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Sheringham and Beeston

World War One memorial with World War Two additions
Location: South-east side of a small garden in The Boulevard, Sheringham
Type: Eleanor Cross
Description: The memorial is in the form of a cross made from Clipsham stone, standing on a two-step hexagonal base. It is 9 metres high with a low, decorative railing around the lower step. The memorial tapers upwards to a circular stone roof, which is “surmounted by a small Greek cross on an orb, the memorial’s central column rises through two tiers of Gothic design. The lower tier is decorated with a band of trefoils set under six Gothic pediments. The upper tier is plainer, consisting of a blind arcade of cusped lancets.” (S2) The inscription is on the side of the lower tier, with the names arranged in year-group order. It commemorates the servicemen and women from Sheringham town and Beeston Regis village.
Proposed: Unknown
Designed By: Architect H.H. Palmer, also responsible for Holt and Fakenham memorials.
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown
Cost: £541 1s 8d
Unveiled: January 1921
Inscription: TO KEEP IN REMEMBRANCE/ THE MEN OF SHERINGHAM/ AND BEESTON REGIS WHO/
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ CAUSE OF RIGHT & JUSTICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/
AND OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945.
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S3) for images and the War Memorials Register (S4) for images, names and additional details.
A. Henderson (HES), 21 August 2024.

April 2015. Listed. Grade II.
Details as summarized above.
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
See Historic England Advice Report (S2) for further details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S3) and War Memorials Register (S4).
A. Henderson (HES), 21 August 2024

2000. Repairs.
General repairs undertaken and a new fence was added.
A. Henderson (HES), 23 August 2024

2009. Repairs.
General repairs undertaken, grant-funded through the War Memorials Trust.
A. Henderson (HES), 23 August 2024