Westleton War Memorial

First World War memorial, erected in 1920 by Fred Barber of Halesworth, with Second World War additions

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside position within a small, triangular-shaped garden at the junction between The Street and Darsham Road, immediately to the south of Westleton Village Hall (listed Grade II). It comprises a 2.5m high rectangular stone obelisk with a triangular-pedimented roof, engaged columns at the corners and a deep, ogee-moulded plinth standing on a single-stepped base, square on plan.

The main (south) face of the obelisk bears a granite tablet inscribed with the names of the 18 local men who lost their lives during the First World War. Above the tablet is a relief carving of a laurel wreath and swags and below it is the dedicatory inscription which reads SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF EIGHTEEN BRAVE MEN OF WESTLETON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918.

Below, the south face of the base is inscribed with the date 1939-1945 and the names of the three parishioners who died during the Second World War.

The memorial stands in a circular-shaped gravel area within a small garden enclosed by a chain link fence supported by concrete posts painted white. On its south side a short gravel path provides access to the memorial from the adjoining pavement.