Covehithe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2018. War memorial.
Covehithe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- worn-quoin-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Covehithe War Memorial, C20m to the South of the Church Tower, St Andrew's Churchyard, Mill Lane, NR34 7JW
- OS grid reference
- TM 522 818
- Coordinates
- 52.37654, 1.70516
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Covehithe War Memorial is a grey granite structure located in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, which is a Grade I listed building. It stands approximately 20 meters south of the church tower and is situated opposite the Grade II-listed Whitehouse Farmhouse and Anchor House. The memorial features a plain Latin cross that rests on a rough-hewn, tapering base.
On the south face of the plinth, there is an inscription in raised leaded lettering that reads: "THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY/ THE PARISH TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ (4 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918."
Local climate
Covehithe War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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