Frostenden 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.
Frostenden War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- grim-quoin-clover
- 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
- Frostenden War Memorial, C10m to the South of All Saint's Church, Church Lane, NR34 7HS
- OS grid reference
- TM 479 817
- Coordinates
- 52.37753, 1.64111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Frostenden War Memorial is located in the churchyard, on the south side of the Church of All Saints, which is a Grade I-listed building. The memorial features a grey granite wheel-head cross with a slightly tapering shaft, positioned on a two-stepped plinth that rests on a square base. The face of the cross is adorned with panels of interlace patterns carved in low relief.
The main inscription is in applied metal lettering on the west face of the memorial. It reads (on the cross shaft) "ERECTED BY THE PARISH OF FROSTENDEN TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF" (on the plinth) "THE FOLLOWING MEN, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914–1919" followed by nine names. An additional inscription on the south face of the plinth states "AND FOR THESE WHO DIED FOR US 1939–1945" along with sixteen names.
Local climate
Frostenden War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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