Poslingford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 2016. War memorial.
Poslingford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sheer-barrel-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Poslingford War Memorial, The Churchyard of St Mary's Church
- OS grid reference
- TL 769 482
- Coordinates
- 52.10392, 0.58281
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poslingford War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled and dedicated in 1921, and it was re-dedicated in 1950 to include additions for the Second World War.
Constructed of stone, the memorial has a rectangular plan. It features a Celtic cross located at the east side of St Mary's churchyard. The design includes a single-step base supporting a trapezoidal plinth, from which a short shaft rises in rectangular section to form a wheel-head cross. The east face of the cross head displays a relief carving of a wreath with the abbreviation 'RIP' at its center.
On the east face of the plinth, there is an inscription dedicated to the First World War that reads: 'TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF POSLINGFORD / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918'. The names of the men who died are inscribed on the north and south faces of the plinth. The Second World War dedication on the east face of the base reads '1939 - 1945', with the names of the men who died listed below.
Local climate
Poslingford 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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