War Memorial at the Church of St John the Baptist Ipswich is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 2020. Memorial.

War Memorial at the Church of St John the Baptist Ipswich

WRENN ID
sombre-rampart-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 2020
Type
Memorial
Address
War Memorial at the Church of St John the Baptist Ipswich, Cauldwell Hall Road, Suffolk, IP4 4QE
OS grid reference
TM 182 450
Coordinates
52.06062, 1.18219
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial at the Church of St John the Baptist in Ipswich is a First World War memorial dating to around 1920, with alterations made after the Second World War.

Constructed from Portland stone, the memorial features a 4.5-meter tall Celtic cross with an elongated shaft, set on a tapered four-sided plinth. The cross has a simple moulding along its edges and a central round boss. The plinth is elevated on two square steps, with a square base beneath them.

On the east side of the plinth, an inscription reads: "TO OUR MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ LEST WE FORGET." Additionally, a rectangular stone tablet has been added to the first step, leaning against the east face of the plinth, which bears the inscription: "ALSO/ THOSE WHO DIED/ IN THE SERVICE/ OF OTHERS/ 1939-1945."

Local climate

War Memorial at the Church of St John the Baptist Ipswich sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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