Shadingfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 2018. War memorial.

Shadingfield War Memorial

WRENN ID
standing-wicket-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 2018
Type
War memorial
Address
Shadingfield War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, NR34 8DF
OS grid reference
TM 434 837
Coordinates
52.39775, 1.57763
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shadingfield War Memorial is a First World War memorial located prominently in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, which is a Grade I listed building. The memorial faces the main entrance gate and is overlooked by Church Farmhouse, a Grade II listed building.

The memorial features an ornately carved Celtic stone wheel-head cross that rests on a three-stepped base, which is set on a square stone pad sunk into the ground. The front face of the cross is decorated with relief carved interlace.

The inscription is incised into the front faces of the steps in painted letters. It reads: on the top step "TO THE GLORY OF/ GOD", on the middle step "AND IN MEMORY OF/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1914 – 1918", and on the bottom step are four names. The phrase "TO THE GLORY OF" is inscribed in an arc above the word "GOD".

Local climate

Shadingfield War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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