War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 2007. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- other-gateway-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 2007
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Freckenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 666 717
- Coordinates
- 52.31869, 0.44319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Freckenham War Memorial is located within the churchyard of St Andrew and was erected in 1920. It features a granite Celtic cross set on a stepped and tapering plinth. The shaft of the cross is adorned with light panelling, and a foliate wreath encircles the arms of the cross. A smaller engraved cross with a shell motif is centrally placed on the cross. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the plinth. The East face bears the inscription, "To the glory of God and in grateful and abiding memory of 17 officers and men of this village of Freckenham who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918." Below this, the names of those who died in World War II are added, along with a quote from scripture that reads, "The righteous live for evermore, their reward is also with the Lord and the care of them is with the most High." This memorial serves as an important historical and architectural testament to the men from Freckenham who lost their lives in both World Wars.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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