Southwold War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 2018. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Southwold War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-rood-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Southwold War Memorial, Bartholomew Green, IP18 6JA
- OS grid reference
- TM 507 763
- Coordinates
- 52.3279, 1.67849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Southwold War Memorial was built in 1921 to commemorate the First World War, with subsequent additions to remember those who died in the Second World War. It was sculpted by Messrs RJ Allen and Son of Southwold. The memorial is constructed from rock-faced granite and is square in plan. It stands in the north-east corner of Bartholomew Green, alongside the gates to the Church of St Edmund.
The memorial features a four-stepped base leading to a trapezoidal plinth bearing leaded inscriptions on all four polished faces. A tall, tapering rectangular shaft rises from the plinth, culminating in a Celtic wheel-head cross. A relief carving of the Sword of Sacrifice is on the east face. The east face of the plinth bears the First World War dedication, reading ‘1914 – 1918 / TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF OUR / FELLOW TOWNS MEN WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / [Names]’, with further names inscribed on the west face. The north face is dedicated to the Second World War, listing the names of those who died in service, while the south face commemorates civilians killed during enemy action, also listing their names.
The memorial is set within an octagonal lawned area edged with granite kerb stones and a chain link fence supported by cast iron bollards.
Local climate
Southwold War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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