Spexhall War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Spexhall War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- solitary-newel-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Spexhall War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Peter's Church, Church Lane, IP19 0RQ
- OS grid reference
- TM 378 801
- Coordinates
- 52.36806, 1.49222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Spexhall War Memorial is a Portland stone structure located in the churchyard, approximately 10 meters north of the Church of St Peter, which is listed at Grade II*. The memorial stands about 4.3 meters tall and features a Latin cross-head that rises from a simply moulded collar atop a slender, octagonal cross-shaft. The foot of the moulded cross-shaft rests on the sloped top of an octagonal pedestal. This pedestal has a two-stage base that sits on a circular, three-stepped base. Inscriptions are arranged around the pedestal.
The main dedicatory inscription, made of applied metal lettering, is located on the east face of the pedestal and reads "THE GLORIOUS DEAD ANNO DOMINI 1914–1919." The names of nine individuals who fell during the First World War, along with their rank and regiment, corps, or service, are listed in two groups on either side of this main inscription. On the west face, the dedication continues with "THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF SPEXHALL IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO DIED TO SAVE THEIR COUNTRY."
The dates "1939 – 1945" are incised into the east face of the upper stage of the pedestal’s base, with the names and service of two individuals who died in the Second World War recorded on each face beside the dates.
Local climate
Spexhall 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 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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