Burgh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 2020. War memorial.
Burgh War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- mired-hearth-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Burgh War Memorial, Junction of B1079 and Drabbs Lane, Near to St Boltolphs Church, IP13 6QB
- OS grid reference
- TM 223 522
- Coordinates
- 52.12373, 1.24747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Burgh War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1919, with additions made after the Second World War. It is constructed of granite and features a 2.1-meter tall Celtic cross adorned with relief-carved knotwork. The cross stands on a tapered four-sided plinth with a square base beneath it.
On the south face of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ (FIVE NAMES)/ BEING MEN OF BURGH WHO FELL IN/ THE WORLD'S GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." Below this inscription, on the chamfered top of the base, an additional inscription states: "1939-1945 LEST WE FORGET." Further down on the base, there are three names listed.
The west face of the memorial features another inscription that reads: "1914-1919/ LET US NEVER FORGET THAT/ EVERY MAN WHO SERVED IN/ THE GREAT WAR IS DESERVING/ OF OUR GRATITUDE/ ON THE BURGH ROLL OF HONOUR/ IN OUR CHURCH IS A LIST OF 49/ WHO SO SERVED." The east face simply states: "LEST WE FORGET," while the north face lists three names along with the dates "1939-1945."
Local climate
Burgh War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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