Creeting St Mary War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2018. A 1920 War memorial.
Creeting St Mary War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- slow-panel-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Creeting St Mary War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard, Church Lane
- OS grid reference
- TM 093 566
- Coordinates
- 52.16873, 1.06017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Creeting St Mary War Memorial is a First World War memorial, built in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is situated in the churchyard, to the south of the Church of St Mary, which is a Grade II*-listed building.
The memorial is made of Cornish granite and features a tall, wheel-head cross with a tapering shaft. The cross and shaft are inset into the north face, and the cross-head has a raised circular boss at its center. The shaft rises from a four-sided, tapering plinth that sits on a single-step chamfered base.
The plinth displays inscriptions and names in leaded lettering. The main inscription, located on the north face of the plinth, reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1919 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'." The names of 16 servicemen who died in the First World War are listed on the east and west faces of the plinth, with eight names on each face.
The dedication for the Second World War is found on the south face and reads: "ALSO OF THE FOLLOWING WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945" followed by four names.
Local climate
Creeting St Mary War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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