Chelmondiston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 2020. War memorial.
Chelmondiston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- wild-clay-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Chelmondiston War Memorial, Outside Village Hall, Main Road, Suffolk, IP9 1DX
- OS grid reference
- TM 203 371
- Coordinates
- 51.9893, 1.20806
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chelmondiston War Memorial, built in 1919, is a stone structure dedicated to those who served in the wars. It features an elaborately carved stone urn topped with a wreath, positioned on a tall circular column that has an ornate scrolled capital. At the base of the column, there is a carved stone lion, all resting on a tall rectangular plinth that has a step-carved capital and base. The memorial is elevated on a two-stepped base and is surrounded by a diamond-shaped flowerbed.
The main inscription is located on the front of the plinth, facing the road. It includes a wreath and garland in raised relief with the dates 1914 and 1918, followed by the words: IN MEMORY OF/ THE BRAVE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THE/ MOTHERLAND IN/ THE GREAT WAR/. The names and dates of death of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the side faces of the plinth.
Additionally, the front face of the base of the plinth bears the inscription 1939 – 1945, and the names of the Second World War fallen are listed on the front of the upper step of the base.
Local climate
Chelmondiston War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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