Naval War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 2000. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Naval War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-granite-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 2000
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Naval War Memorial, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4AW
- OS grid reference
- TM 550 944
- Coordinates
- 52.48844, 1.75551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Naval War Memorial is a war memorial dedicated to the Naval Patrol Service during the Second World War, built between 1952 and 1953 by F H Crossley, with sculpture work by H Tyson-Smith. It features stone facings and has a low circular drum that is forty feet in diameter, adorned with concave bronze inscription panels that list the deceased by rank. Surrounding the drum is a concentric plinth that supports a fluted entactic column, which rises to a stepped pinnacle topped with a ball finial. Atop the finial is a model galleon (Lymphad) under sail.
The memorial was unveiled on 7 October 1953 by the First Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor. It commemorates 2,385 names from the patrol depot "Europa," including 49 from Newfoundland, who did not return to their base at Sparrow's Nest, which is located nearby in Lowestoft. Sparrow's Nest served as the central depot for the Naval Patrol Service during the Second World War. The service evolved from the trawler section of the Royal Naval Reserve, with many local skippers and fishermen participating. At its peak in 1944, approximately 57,000 men served in the Naval Patrol Service, operating minesweepers, corvettes, fuel carriers, and other small vessels.
Local climate
Naval War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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