Great Bealings War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 2020. War memorial.
Great Bealings War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- bitter-rubble-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Great Bealings War Memorial, Junction of Boot Street and Bealings Lane, IP13 6PA
- OS grid reference
- TM 231 489
- Coordinates
- 52.09371, 1.25673
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Bealings War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1919 and altered after the Second World War. It is made of Cornish granite and is situated opposite the entrance to the Church of St Mary, at the junction of Boot Street and Bealings Lane, on a raised and paved area.
The memorial features a wheel cross in the Celtic style, which stands on a trapezoidal plinth and rectangular base. The main inscription on the front of the plinth, made with leaded letters, reads: "IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE GREAT BEALINGS MEN / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1918," followed by the names of the 14 men who died and their regiments. Below this, there is an inscription that includes "1939," the name and regiment of one individual who fell, and "1945." The front face of the rectangular base has the inscription "LEST WE FORGET."
Local climate
Great Bealings 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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