Debenham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Debenham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lesser-chimney-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Debenham War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, High Street, IP14 6QN
- OS grid reference
- TM 174 631
- Coordinates
- 52.22401, 1.18187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Debenham War Memorial is a war memorial erected in 1920, following the First World War, by architect H Smith and builder H Taylor. An additional inscription was added after the Second World War.
The memorial is made from carved York stone and is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, just southeast of the church. It features a rectangular cenotaph or stone of remembrance that stands over 1 meter high. The east face has incised lettering that reads: "TO THE MEN OF DEBENHAM GREAT WAR 1914 – 18 (33 NAMES) WE WILL REMEMBER THEM." The north face includes another inscription in incised lettering: "ALSO OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 – 45 (SIX NAMES)."
Local climate
Debenham War Memorial 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 83% 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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