Finningham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 2016. War memorial.
Finningham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-corridor-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Finningham War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Bartholomew, IP14 4JB
- OS grid reference
- TM 066 693
- Coordinates
- 52.28371, 1.02795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Finningham War Memorial is a tall Saxon cross made of Portland stone, standing approximately 4.5 meters high. It features a tapering octagonal shaft that sits atop a square plinth.
The memorial includes black-painted inscriptions on white marble plaques located on the front and sides of the plinth. The front plaque reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / (NAMES)." A dedication to those who fell in the Second World War is inscribed on the side of the plinth, stating: "ALSO / TO THOSE WHO FELL / 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES)."
The plinth rests on a square base with two steps. The front faces of the steps are incised with the following inscriptions: "IN MEMORY / SACRED FOR ALL TIME TO THE / FINNINGHAM MEN / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR A.D. 1914 – 1919," and on the lower step: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT / A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
Local climate
Finningham War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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