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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