Higham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 2019. War memorial.
Higham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- first-threshold-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 November 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Higham War Memorial, Lower Green, Junction with Higham Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6NJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 745 659
- Coordinates
- 52.26398, 0.55689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Higham War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It was designed by Mr. H.G. Neville of Mildenhall and is made of Portland stone.
The memorial features an obelisk that stands on a three-stepped square base. At the top, there is a large capital that is intricately carved with sprigs of ivy, leading to a pyramidal cap.
The main inscription, located on the south face of the obelisk, is in incised lettering and reads: "THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN / EVER GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES FOR GOD AND KING FOR / RIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND FOR PEACE / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914–1919 / [Names]."
On the east face, there is a dedication for the Second World War, which reads: "1939 - 1945 / [Names]."
Local climate
Higham 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings