Thornhams War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Thornhams War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- open-obsidian-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Thornhams War Memorial, Roadside Adjacent to the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Thornham Magna, IP23 8ES
- OS grid reference
- TM 104 714
- Coordinates
- 52.30041, 1.08462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thornhams War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of Portland stone and is located on the roadside next to the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Thornham Magna.
The memorial features a wheel-head cross on a tapering pedestal, which sits on a single-stepped square base. It is carved from Portland stone and stands approximately 3 meters high on a cement foundation.
The main inscription is on an inset granite plaque on the east face of the plinth, which reads: "IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE THORNHAMS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 (11 NAMES) THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." An additional inscription on a rectangular plaque attached to the south face of the base reads: "1939 – 1945 (2 NAMES)."
Local climate
Thornhams 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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