Sutton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 2020. War memorial.
Sutton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- floating-flagstone-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Sutton War Memorial, Church of All Saints Churchyard, Main Road, IP12 3DT
- OS grid reference
- TM 306 464
- Coordinates
- 52.06822, 1.36369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sutton War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled after 1919, with additions made after the Second World War.
The memorial is square in shape and constructed from stone with a textured finish. It features inscriptions in leaded lettering. Located about 5 meters south of the Church of All Saints, Sutton (which is listed as Grade II*), the memorial stands approximately 3 meters tall. It consists of a Celtic wheel-cross with a tapering shaft and moulded base, set on a trapezoidal pedestal with a single-stepped square plinth. At the center of the cross, there is a relief of the Christogram, ‘IHS’, carved in intertwining letters within a circular panel.
On the south face of the pedestal, a recessed panel bears the inscription: "TO THE/ IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SUTTON/ WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ LEST WE FORGET." The names of the 14 men who lost their lives are inscribed on the east and west faces of the pedestal. Additionally, the north face of the pedestal features the inscription: "1939-1945/ IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF (5 NAMES)/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
Local climate
Sutton 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 greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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