Bentley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 2018. War memorial.
Bentley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sharp-keep-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bentley War Memorial, Junction of Church Road and Station Road, Sufffolk, IP9 2BP
- OS grid reference
- TM 113 369
- Coordinates
- 51.99042, 1.07665
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bentley War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with additions for the Second World War. It is situated on a grassed area at the junction of Church Road and Station Road.
The memorial is made of limestone and features a tall Latin cross with a hexagonal shaft that ends in a splayed foot. The shaft rises from a hexagonal pedestal, which is placed on a hexagonal plinth. The plinth has a tiered top and a moulded cap, and the entire structure rests on a two-stepped hexagonal base.
The plinth displays inscriptions and names in incised lettering, painted black. The main inscription, located on the south-west face, reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN THANKFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE/ MEN OF BENTLEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR US IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918." The adjoining west and south faces list the names of 16 men who died in the First World War, with eight names on each face.
The dedication for the Second World War is found on the north-east face and reads "1939–1945" followed by seven names.
The memorial is set within a circular area of cobbles that is bordered by stone kerbs.
Local climate
Bentley 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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