Bucklesham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Bucklesham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- woven-pediment-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bucklesham War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Church Lane, IP10 0DX
- OS grid reference
- TM 244 420
- Coordinates
- 52.03137, 1.2707
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bucklesham War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is located in the churchyard, immediately south of the Church of St Mary, which is a Grade II* listed building, and near The Old Rectory, also Grade II listed.
The memorial features an elaborately carved stone crucifix atop a tapering square plinth that has a two-stepped square base. It stands approximately 2.7 meters high. Above the figure of Christ, there is a carved scroll inscribed with the letters INRI.
On the west side of the plinth, at its base, there is a rectangular stone plaque with flower holders carved on either side. The main inscription, in incised lettering on the west face of the plinth, reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918." The north face lists four names, while the south face lists three names.
Additionally, there is an inscription on a rectangular stone plaque attached to the west face of the base, which states: "ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945," followed by two names.
Local climate
Bucklesham 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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