Eye War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Eye War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- guardian-steel-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Eye War Memorial, Corner of Broad Street and Cross Street, IP23 7AF
- OS grid reference
- TM 145 739
- Coordinates
- 52.32133, 1.14615
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eye War Memorial is a war memorial erected in 1921 by the builders Messrs G Maile and son, following the First World War. An additional inscription was added after the Second World War.
Carved from Portland stone, the memorial is located near the center of Eye, just north of the Town Hall. It stands approximately 5.5 meters high and features a Celtic cross with interlaced carving, set on a tapering shaft, plinth, and a three-stepped square base. The base of the shaft is adorned with a carved laurel wreath.
The front (north) face of the plinth bears incised lettering that reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ (21 NAMES)/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ AND ALSO FROM/ 1939 – 1945." The east face lists 12 names of the fallen, while the west face lists 13 names. The south face displays the coat of arms of the town. Additionally, the names of 14 parishioners who died during the Second World War are carved on three sides of the upper tier of the base.
Local climate
Eye 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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