Bramfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2018. War memorial.

Bramfield War Memorial

WRENN ID
calm-pillar-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 2018
Type
War memorial
Address
Bramfield War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Andrew's Church, Walpole Road, IP19 9HT
OS grid reference
TM 399 737
Coordinates
52.30975, 1.51792
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bramfield War Memorial is located in the churchyard, south of the Church of St Andrew and east of the detached church tower. It is situated opposite the serpentine walls to the north of Bramfield Hall. The memorial features a wheel-head cross made from Portland stone, standing approximately 2.7 meters high, on a tapering plinth and a two-stepped base.

The circle of the wheel-head is decorated with a carved rope design. The south face of the wheel-head displays a foliate decoration at the center of the cross. The front face of the cross shaft is adorned with a circular badge featuring a basket-work design, and below this, near the foot of the shaft, is a shield with the inscription "1914/ 1918," all carved in low relief.

The main inscription on the south face of the plinth reads, "TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IN/ MEMORY OF THE/ FOLLOWING MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ (5 NAMES)," with "LEST WE FORGET" inscribed on the upper step of the base below. Additionally, there is another inscription in incised and black-painted lettering on the west face of the plinth that reads "1939 1945/ (2 NAMES)."

Local climate

Bramfield 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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