Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 2018. War memorial.
Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- graven-facade-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall War Memorial, Market Place, Junction of the Street and Back Hills, IP22 1BT
- OS grid reference
- TM 047 758
- Coordinates
- 52.34254, 1.00462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall war memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for subsequent conflicts. It is situated on a raised area of hardstanding in the Market Place of Botesdale, at the junction of The Street and Back Hills, and is surrounded by several Grade II-listed buildings.
Constructed from Portland stone, the memorial features a tall, wheel-head cross with a tapering shaft that ends in a moulded foot, with both the cross and shaft inset. The cross rises from a square pedestal that sits atop a substantial square plinth, all resting on a single-step stone base. Two wedge-shaped stone panels are positioned at the bottom of the plinth on the south-west and north-east sides, with the south-west panel inset into the base. The inscriptions and names are displayed on recessed, fielded panels on the plinth and the two stone tablets, with all lettering incised and painted black.
The south-west face of the plinth bears the inscription: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF/ THOSE MEN FROM THE PARISHES/ OF/ BOTESDALE-REDGRAVE-RICKINGHALL-/ SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR,/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918." The names of 61 individuals who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the remaining three faces of the plinth.
The dedication for the Second World War is found on the stone tablet to the south-west, which reads: "ALSO/ IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ 1939 – 45 WAR/ (12 NAMES)." The stone tablet to the north-east commemorates the Korean War with the inscription: "THE KOREAN WAR/ 1950–1953/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (1 NAME)."
Local climate
Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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