Friston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Friston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- calm-bailey-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Friston War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, IP17 1PX
- OS grid reference
- TM 413 604
- Coordinates
- 52.18974, 1.52996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This First World War memorial was erected in 1920, with additions made later to commemorate the Second World War. The memorial is situated within the churchyard of St Mary’s Church (a building of group value). It comprises a Portland stone Latin cross, featuring a carved stone sword of sacrifice. The cross rises from an octagonal plinth, which itself stands on a four-stepped base. The top two steps contain inscriptions. The main dedicatory inscription on the plinth reads: "IN TRIBUTE OF ALL WHO FOUGHT AND IN EVER / CONSTANT MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / AUGUST 4TH 1914 JUNE 28TH 1919 / THIS CROSS IS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF FRISTON / (NAMES)". The top step is inscribed "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE", and the second step records “1939 – 1945 / (NAMES)”.
Local climate
Friston 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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