Chevington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 2018. War memorial.
Chevington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-entrance-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Chevington War Memorial, All Saints Churchyard, Church Road, IP29 5QH
- OS grid reference
- TL 788 600
- Coordinates
- 52.21008, 0.61667
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chevington War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with additions for the Second World War. It is located in the churchyard to the south of All Saints’ Church, which is a Grade I-listed building.
The memorial is made of Portland stone and features a wheel-head cross with cusped tracery in the inner segments of the wheel. This cross sits atop a tall, octagonal tapering shaft that has a moulded collar and ends in a square foot with chamfered stops. The shaft rises from a square plinth, which is chamfered along the top edges, and the entire structure rests on a two-stepped, square base. All lettering on the memorial is incised.
The main inscription is on the east face of the plinth and reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ REMEMBER BEFORE HIM/ THE HEROIC DEAD OF THIS PARISH/ 1914–1919/ GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST AND/ LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM." The names of the 20 men who died are listed on the other three faces of the plinth.
Additionally, the east face of the upper step of the base includes another inscription that states: "ALSO THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (3 NAMES)."
Local climate
Chevington War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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