Little Saxham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 2016. War memorial.
Little Saxham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-remnant-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Little Saxham War Memorial, Churchyard of St Nicholas, the Saxhams, IP29 5LH
- OS grid reference
- TL 799 637
- Coordinates
- 52.24211, 0.63383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Little Saxham War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St Nicholas Church, which is a Grade I listed building. The memorial features a cross on a tapered plinth made from Portland stone, resting on a base of York stone. The cross has a patonce style head with intertwined carved IHS at its center.
All four sides of the Portland stone plinth are inscribed with messages. The front face reads: "LEST WE FORGET/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN GRATEFUL LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ LIBERTY AND HONOUR/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ R.I.P." The rear face honors those from the parish who served, stating: "ALSO/ IN RECOGNITION OF THOSE/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO NOBLY CAME FORWARD FOR/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY." The side inscriptions include: "TRANSLATED FROM/ THE WARFARE OF THE WORLD/ INTO THE PEACE OF GOD" and "IN PEACE THEY SLEEP/ GOD THEIR SOULS/ WILL SAFELY KEEP."
Local climate
Little Saxham 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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