Belstead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2018. War memorial.
Belstead War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- carved-chancel-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Belstead War Memorial, C20m to the South of School House, Junction of Chapel Lane and Grove Hill, Suffolk, IP8 3LP
- OS grid reference
- TM 131 410
- Coordinates
- 52.02674, 1.10545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Belstead War Memorial is located at a road junction near 31 and 32 Chapel Lane, which are also listed as Grade II. The memorial features a plain wheel-head cross with a tapering shaft, set on a tapering plinth and a single-stepped base. It is made from grey Cornish granite and stands approximately 2.7 meters tall.
On the front face of the plinth, there is a main inscription in raised leaded lettering that reads: "IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1918/ (15 NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
Additionally, on the east face of the plinth, there is another inscription in leaded lettering within a smooth recessed area that states: "ALSO OF THOSE/ WHO FELL IN THE/ SECOND GREAT WAR/ 1939–1945/ (3 NAMES)."
Local climate
Belstead War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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