Fressingfield War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 2018. War memorial.
Fressingfield War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- far-transept-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Fressingfield War Memorial Cross, C80m West of the Old Vicarage, Harleston Hill, IP21 5PE
- OS grid reference
- TM 261 776
- Coordinates
- 52.34984, 1.31895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fressingfield War Memorial Cross is located at the junction of Cratfield Road and Harleston Hill, near several other Grade II-listed buildings including Farriers, Knoll House, Richmond House, The Lodge, and Willow House.
This memorial features a tall wheel-head cross set on a tapering rough-hewn plinth. Surrounding the plinth are eight low granite posts that support chains, creating a square enclosure. Both the memorial and the plinth are made from pale grey granite, with the entire structure standing approximately 3.6 meters high.
The main dedicatory inscription, made of applied metal lettering, is located in a recess on the front face of the plinth. It reads: "ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF FRESSINGFIELD IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1918" followed by 28 names. An additional inscription on the rear face of the plinth commemorates the years 1939 – 1945 and includes 5 names.
Local climate
Fressingfield War Memorial Cross sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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