War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 2001. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- white-pavement-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, High Street, Bures St. Mary
- OS grid reference
- TL 907 340
- Coordinates
- 51.97216, 0.77495
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Bures St Mary, dating from around 1920, features a stone pedestal with a wooden cross. The memorial takes the form of a wayside cross, standing on a stepped octagonal base with canted corners and two sloping panels at the angles. The wooden cross is octagonal in shape and has a sword carved in relief on its front, with a carved laurel wreath connecting the angles of the cross. The upper arms of the cross support a moulded gabled cover, which has cusping at the apex on both the front and back, topped with a shingled roof. Inscriptions on the pedestal list the names of those who fell in the First World War, while the sloping panels display the names of those who fell in the Second World War. This memorial, made from a distinctive combination of wood and stone, is part of a notable group alongside the Church of the Virgin Mary and other nearby buildings.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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