Cretingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 2018. War memorial.
Cretingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- quiet-balcony-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cretingham War Memorial, C26m East of St Peter's Church, the Churchyard, the Street, IP13 7BG
- OS grid reference
- TM 227 605
- Coordinates
- 52.19794, 1.25833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cretingham War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, which is also listed as Grade II*. It is situated near the churchyard gate and close to several other Grade II-listed buildings. The memorial stands approximately 3 meters high and features a stone obelisk on a pedimented plinth with a two-stage base. The front face of the obelisk is adorned with a low-relief carving of a reversed sword, which is encircled by a crown, with a wreath hanging from it.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF CRETINGHAM/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (5 NAMES)/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH." The names of the commemorated individuals are listed along with the regiment in which each served.
Local climate
Cretingham War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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