Great Cornard War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 2020. Memorial.
Great Cornard War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- unlit-brass-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 2020
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Great Cornard War Memorial, St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Road, Suffolk, CO10 0EL
- OS grid reference
- TL 883 403
- Coordinates
- 52.02972, 0.74377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Cornard War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1920 and altered after the Second World War. It is made of Portland stone and is located in the south corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, near the junction of Church Road and Bures Road.
The memorial features a small Latin cross atop a tapering octagonal shaft, which sits on an octagonal plinth with a four-stepped base. The main inscription is incised, and the black-painted lettering on the south face of the upper step of the base reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE / FROM THIS PARISH WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE." The names of 33 fallen soldiers are inscribed on the south-west, south, and south-east faces of the plinth.
Additional inscriptions on the upper step of the base honor those who lost their lives in the Second World War. The south-east face lists the years 1939-45 followed by five names, while the south-west face also notes 1939-45 and includes a further five names.
Local climate
Great Cornard War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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