Fornham St Martin War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 2018. War memorial.
Fornham St Martin War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallen-crypt-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Fornham St Martin War Memorial, St Martin's Churchyard, the Street, IP31 1SW
- OS grid reference
- TL 852 669
- Coordinates
- 52.26984, 0.71347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fornham St Martin War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, situated at the northernmost corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Martin, which is a Grade II*-listed building, next to the main road through the village.
This memorial is made of rough-hewn grey granite and features a wheel-head cross with a tapering, four-sided shaft. The north face of the cross-head includes five raised circular bosses: one at the center and one on each of the four cross arms. The shaft is supported by a tapering, four-sided plinth that sits on a single-stepped, square base.
The main inscription is carved in leaded lettering on a smooth, inset panel on the north face of the plinth. It reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (14 NAMES)/ ALL OF THIS PARISH, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1919./ 'THEY DID THEIR DUTY.'/ ALSO OF (1 NAME)."
Local climate
Fornham St Martin 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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