Blundeston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Blundeston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- leaning-sill-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Blundeston War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Road, NR32 5AJ
- OS grid reference
- TM 514 972
- Coordinates
- 52.51523, 1.70385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blundeston War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes later additions for the Second World War. It is prominently located at the eastern end of the churchyard, near the Church of St Mary the Virgin, which is a Grade I listed building.
The memorial stands 5 meters high and features a plain stone Latin cross on top of a tall, gently tapering octagonal shaft. This shaft is set on a substantial square plinth with chamfered corners, which is mounted on a large three-stepped square stone base.
On the southern face of the plinth, there is a bronze plaque that reads: "IN PROUD AND GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ THESE NOBLY PLAYED THEIR PARTS/ THESE HEARD THE CALL/ FOR GOD AND KING AND HOME/ THEY GAVE THEIR ALL."
The north face features another bronze plaque that states: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE," listing 30 names in two columns. On the west face, a later plaque commemorates the Second World War with the inscription: "1939 – 1945," which includes six names in two columns.
Local climate
Blundeston War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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