Palgrave War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 2020. Memorial.
Palgrave War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- vast-landing-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 2020
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Palgrave War Memorial, St Peter's Churchyard, Lion Road, IP22 1AN
- OS grid reference
- TM 115 784
- Coordinates
- 52.36325, 1.10578
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Palgrave War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1920 and later altered following the Second World War. It is made of granite and features a 2.4-meter high Celtic cross. The cross has a circular boss at its center, and its arms are adorned with knotwork in carved relief. It is supported by a tapered shaft that rests on a two-stage plinth. The plinth sits on a square base, which is further elevated by a square platform made of flint rubble.
The main inscription on the south face of the memorial states: (on the cross shaft) IN/ LOVING/ MEMORY/ OF/ (on the upper stage of the plinth) (15 NAMES)/ (on the lower stage of the plinth) WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918.
An additional inscription on the west face reads: (on the cross shaft) IN/ LOVING/ MEMORY/ OF/ (on the upper stage of the plinth) (7 NAMES)/ (on the lower stage of the plinth) WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939–1945.
Local climate
Palgrave War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings