Bredfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 2018. War memorial.
Bredfield War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- late-flagstone-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bredfield War Memorial, St Andrew's Churchyard
- OS grid reference
- TM 268 530
- Coordinates
- 52.12898, 1.31318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bredfield War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is situated in the churchyard to the north of the Church of St Andrew, which is listed at Grade II*.
The memorial is made of Portland stone and features a tall Latin cross that rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth, which is set on a two-stepped base. The entire structure stands on a square concrete platform.
The main inscription is located on the south face of the plinth and reads: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BREDFIELD WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1919." The names of the 13 men who died are inscribed on the west and east faces of the plinth.
Additionally, there is an inscription on the south face of the upper step of the base that reads "1939–1945" followed by five names. All lettering is incised and painted black.
Local climate
Bredfield War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% 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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