Earl Soham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 2015. War memorial.
Earl Soham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stranded-eave-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Earl Soham War Memorial, Junction of Church Lane and the Street (A1120), IP13 7SA
- OS grid reference
- TM 236 632
- Coordinates
- 52.22248, 1.27229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Earl Soham War Memorial is a granite structure featuring a tall Latin cross with a tapering shaft, which stands on a three-stepped base. The upper steps are square in shape. An inscription in metal lettering on the front face of the top step reads "1914-1918 TO THE VICTORIOUS DEAD." The names of twenty individuals who died during the First World War are inscribed on the front face of the middle step. The bottom step is octagonal, and it has an inscription in applied metal lettering that reads "1939-1945" along with five names.
Small granite flower holders are positioned on the top step of the base and beside the diagonals of the lower step. The memorial is located on a small, triangular grassed area adjacent to The Street, just outside the entrance to the Church of St Mary, which is a Grade I-listed building. Low wooden posts outline the edge of the grassed area.
Local climate
Earl Soham 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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