Risby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 2020. Memorial.
Risby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rough-vault-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 2020
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Risby War Memorial, Village Green, School Road, IP28 6RF
- OS grid reference
- TL 796 664
- Coordinates
- 52.2669, 0.63197
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Risby War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920 by Mr. Thomas Dinham Atkinson and erected by Hanchets, stonemasons from Bury St Edmunds. Additional names were added after the Second World War.
Constructed from Weldon stone, the memorial is prominently located on the village green, surrounded by several listed buildings. It features a tall, finely-carved Latin cross with a tapering square shaft that rests on a two-stepped octagonal plinth and a two-stepped octagonal base. The south face of the cross displays the monogram HIS, while the north face features the ancient Christian symbol of the Chi Rho.
Recently added granite plaques with incised inscriptions retain earlier wording. The south face of the plinth reads "IN MEMORIAM 1914-1919," and the south face of the upper step of the base states, "THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE FOUR MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO DID NOT RETURN."
The names of nine men who died during the First World War are inscribed on the north, west, and east faces of the plinth, while the names of four men who died during the Second World War are inscribed on the south-east and south-west faces of the upper step of the base.
Local climate
Risby 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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