Worlington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 2021. War memorial.

Worlington War Memorial

WRENN ID
grey-gargoyle-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 January 2021
Type
War memorial
Address
Worlington War Memorial, Freckenham Road, Junction with the Street and Church Lane, IP28 8RU
OS grid reference
TL 690 735
Coordinates
52.33426, 0.48015
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Worlington War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1920, with additions made before and after the Second World War. It is square in shape and constructed of white marble.

The memorial stands on a small triangular green at the junction of Freckenham Road, The Street, and Church Lane, about 200 meters south of the Church of All Saints, which is a Grade I listed building. It is approximately 3.2 meters tall and features an obelisk on a chamfered, three-tiered pedestal, which is set on a three-stepped concrete plinth. The memorial is enclosed by hoop and spear iron railings on concrete coping.

The main inscription is incised on the east face of the upper tier of the pedestal and reads: "IN ABIDING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE, WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919. OUR GLORIOUS DEAD." The names of twelve men from the parish who lost their lives are incised on the east face of the middle and lower tiers. Additionally, the names of thirty-three men who served are inscribed on the north and south faces of the plinth. The west face of the pedestal bears the dates 1939-1945, along with the names of two parishioners who lost their lives in the Second World War.

Local climate

Worlington 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 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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