Framsden War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Framsden War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-lead-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Framsden War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Church Row, IP14 6HH
- OS grid reference
- TM 200 597
- Coordinates
- 52.19185, 1.21846
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Framsden War Memorial is made of Portland stone and features a rectangular pillar topped with a gabled roof. The front face of the memorial displays a wreath and cross carved in relief, with the years 1914 and 1919 in incised, black-painted lettering on either side. Below this, an inscription reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM FRAMSDEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)."
The pillar stands on a three-stepped base, with the upper step featuring the inscription: "ALSO OF THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1939 IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Framsden 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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