Felixstowe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 2020. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Felixstowe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- waiting-cornice-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Felixstowe War Memorial, Promenade, Undercliff Road West, IP11 2AF
- OS grid reference
- TM 302 342
- Coordinates
- 51.95933, 1.34937
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Felixstowe War Memorial, built in 1920, is a significant structure made of Portland stone, featuring a bronze sculpture of a dove and granite tablets. It consists of a tall Corinthian column topped with a carved stone urn, on which a bronze dove is affixed, facing out to sea with its wings extended. The column is placed on a large square plinth, which stands on a three-stepped base.
The main inscription is displayed on a stone tablet on the south-east face of the plinth, stating: "ERECTED BY THE/ PEOPLE OF FELIXSTOWE/ TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR/ MEN WHO WERE KILLED IN/ ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS/ OR DISEASE IN THE SERVICE/ OF KING AND COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918." The names of those who fell in the First World War are listed on tablets attached to the north-east and south-west faces of the plinth.
On the north-west face of the plinth, there is a tablet that reads: "THE SUM OF £1000 WAS/ ALSO SUBSCRIBED BY/ THE TOWNSPEOPLE AND/ GIVEN TO THE ENDOWMENT/ FUND OF THE FELIXSTOWE/ COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOR/ THE ALLEVIATION OF/ HUMAN SUFFERING."
Additionally, four reclining stone tablets made of dark grey polished granite were later placed centrally against the steps on each side of the base. Each tablet is marked with the dates 1939–1945 and lists the names of those who fell in the Second World War in whitened incised lettering.
Local climate
Felixstowe 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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