Wortham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 2021. Memorial.
Wortham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- pitched-tracery-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 2021
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Wortham War Memorial, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Road, IP22 1SL
- OS grid reference
- TM 083 787
- Coordinates
- 52.36699, 1.05877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wortham War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1921, with additions made after the Second World War. It is made of Portland stone and is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, approximately 70 meters south of the church. The memorial stands about 4.8 meters tall and features an unadorned cross atop an octagonal, tapered shaft. This shaft is mounted on a square pedestal that has chamfered and carved corners, which rests on a deep, two-stepped plinth.
On the west face of the pedestal, there is an inscription that reads: IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ ALSO/ 1939-1945/ (3 NAMES). The names of the 35 men who lost their lives in the First World War are engraved on the other three faces of the pedestal.
Local climate
Wortham 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.
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