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
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial stands at the junction of Cratfield Road and Harleston Hill, close to Farriers, Knoll House, Richmond House, The Lodge, and Willow House (all Grade II-listed).
The memorial comprises a tall wheel-head cross on a tapering rough-hewn plinth. Around the plinth are eight low granite posts carrying chains to form a square enclosure. The memorial and plinth are carved from pale grey granite and the memorial stands approximately 3.6m high.
The principal dedicatory inscription in applied metal lettering within a recess to the front face of the plinth 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/ (28 NAMES). An additional inscription on the rear face of the plinth reads 1939 – 1945/ (5 NAMES).
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