Kirton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 2020. War memorial.
Kirton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- night-quoin-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Kirton War Memorial, Church of St Mary and St Martin, Church Lane, Ipswich, IP10 0PT
- OS grid reference
- TM 281 397
- Coordinates
- 52.00887, 1.32228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kirton War Memorial is a First World War memorial dating to around 1920, with additions made after the Second World War. It is constructed from Portland stone.
The memorial features a Latin cross that supports a carved body of Christ, all under a pitched roof. The cross is set on a two-stage square plinth, which stands on a square base and faces north. The main inscription on the upper stage of the north face of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF KIRTON/ WHO DIED FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914–1918." Below this, on the lower stage of the plinth, another inscription states: "JESU MERCY/ MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM."
The names of the fallen from the First World War are inscribed on the upper stage of the east and west faces of the plinth, with seven names on each face. Additionally, the upper stage of the south face of the plinth includes an inscription that reads: "1939–1945/ (3 NAMES)."
Local climate
Kirton 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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