Hopton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 2020. War memorial.
Hopton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- haunted-steeple-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hopton War Memorial, Churchyard of All Saints Church, Junction of High Street and Thelnetham Road, IP22 2QY
- OS grid reference
- TL 993 790
- Coordinates
- 52.37301, 0.92735
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hopton War Memorial is a structure erected in 1919 located in the churchyard of All Saints Church in Hopton, Suffolk.
Made of ashlar limestone, the memorial features carved decorations and inscriptions. It stands 2.5 meters high and consists of a square stone obelisk topped with a pyramidal point. Each side of the obelisk has an apex adorned with foliate decoration, and a horizontal band of relief-carved circles is positioned between the apexes and the top. The memorial is placed on a three-tiered plinth and rests on a square base.
The main inscription is incised on the west face of the obelisk, stating: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO LAID/ DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." Below this, on the upper step of the plinth, is an additional inscription: "1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
The names of the fallen are organized by regiment, with details including service number, rank, surname, initials, and unit.
Local climate
Hopton 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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