Needham Market War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 2020. Memorial.
Needham Market War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tall-pavement-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 2020
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions.
MATERIALS: constructed from Cornish granite.
PLAN: located in the middle of the cemetery, at the intersection of the principal axial pathways.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is a 1.5m tall monolith of roughly-hewn granite, with a squat granite plinth and limestone base. The western face has a carved scroll containing the main inscription in leaded letters: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN / OF THIS PARISH IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918’, followed by the names of the 46 local men who died in the conflict. The plinth is inscribed: ‘THIS MEMORIAL AND LYCH GATE ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS’. A small flower vase set at the foot of the memorial bears the words: ‘AT REST’.
On the rear of the monolith is a dressed area of stone inscribed: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF’, followed by ten names, and ‘1939-1945’.
The memorial stands on an earth mound and is surrounded by concrete bollards linked by chains.
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