Raydon War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 2020. Memorial.
Raydon War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- low-rood-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 2020
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Raydon War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard, the Street, Suffolk, IP7 5LW
- OS grid reference
- TM 049 386
- Coordinates
- 52.0082, 0.98518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Raydon War Memorial is a First World War memorial made of limestone. It is situated beside the main entrance to the churchyard, to the east of the Grade II* listed Church of St Mary.
The memorial features a plain Celtic cross with a tapering shaft that stands on a tapering plinth, which in turn rests on a three-stepped base, with the lower step made of concrete.
On the east face of the plinth, there is a main inscription in leaded lettering on a plain marble tablet that reads: "THESE MEN FELL FIGHTING/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914-1918./ (NAMES)/ ‘THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.’"
An additional inscription is found on the north face of the plinth, also in leaded lettering on a plain marble tablet, which states: "THESE MEN/ ALSO FELL FIGHTING/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ ‘THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE.’"
Local climate
Raydon War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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