Melton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2020. War memorial.
Melton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- third-pier-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TM 283 505
- Coordinates
- 52.10654, 1.33374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Melton War Memorial is a war memorial erected in 1920. It is made of roughly-hewn granite, with inscriptions in lead lettering. The memorial features a Celtic wheel-cross that is decorated with raised roundels on its arms and center. This cross stands on a tapered square plinth with a moulded top, which in turn rests on a square base. Each side of the plinth has recessed inscription panels. The main inscription on the front (south) face of the plinth reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / TO THE UNDYING MEMORY / OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY / IN / 1914 - THE GREAT WAR – 1919 / "LEST WE FORGET"
The names of the 44 men who died are inscribed on the other three faces of the plinth.
Local climate
Melton War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% 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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