Newnham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 2015. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Newnham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lunar-copper-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Newnham War Memorial, St Mark's Church, Barton Road, Cambridgeshire, CB3 9JZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 441 574
- Coordinates
- 52.19654, 0.10824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Newnham War Memorial is located in front of the church of St Mark. It stands approximately 4 meters tall and is made of Portland stone. The memorial features a simple yet elegant cross atop an octagonal shaft, which rises from a square plinth with chamfered edges, set on a two-stage octagonal base. As of 2015, the dedicatory inscription and the names of the fallen have become so eroded that they are only partially legible. The dedication reads: "IN HIS WILL IS OUR PEACE/ FOR NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF/ NO MAN DIETH TO HIMSELF" and "TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914-1919." There are 51 names of the fallen inscribed, along with those of parishioners who died in the Second World War. A small tablet in front of the memorial, which is not included in the listing, indicates that the names of the fallen are also recorded inside the church.
Local climate
Newnham War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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