Wenhaston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Wenhaston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sharp-stair-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Wenhaston War Memorial, Wenhaston Cemetery, Junction of Church Road and Hall Road, Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet, IP19 9EW
- OS grid reference
- TM 425 754
- Coordinates
- 52.32337, 1.55788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wenhaston War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of Portland stone and is located prominently on the eastern boundary of the cemetery, approximately 60 meters southeast of the Church of St Peter, which is a Grade I listed building, and near 1–3 Church Cottages and 4 Church Cottages, both of which are Grade II listed.
The memorial features an equal-armed cross atop a tapering octagonal column, which is set on an elaborately carved square plinth with a three-stepped base. The entire structure stands about 3.65 meters high.
The main inscription is incised and painted in black lettering on the east face of the plinth, stating: "IN/ THANKSGIVING TO GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THOSE/ GALLANT SAILORS/ AND SOLDIERS/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 – 1918." The names of those who died in the First World War are inscribed on the three other faces of the plinth.
Additionally, 15 names are inscribed on three sides at the foot of the plinth under the date "1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)." There is also another inscription at the foot of the plinth that reads "1939 – 1945/ (5 NAMES)."
Local climate
Wenhaston 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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