Martyrs Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1994. Memorial.
Martyrs Memorial
- WRENN ID
- strange-basalt-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1994
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- TM 166 450
- Coordinates
- 52.06184, 1.15842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Martyrs' Memorial is a Protestant memorial located in Christchurch Park, Ipswich, built in 1903 by H.G. Edwards. It is constructed from stone, marble, and has a brick core, set on a 20th-century concrete stepped plinth that is surrounded by low wrought- and cast-iron railings. The stone base of the monument is square with extruded corners beneath a moulded cornice. Inscriptions on the sides of the base include a dedication on the west side that reads: "This Monument is erected to the memory of nine Ipswich Martyrs who for their constancy to the Protestant faith suffered death by burning." The memorial features a quatrefoil-section marble shaft with an annulated ring that rises to a heavy cornice and culminates in a polygonal finial designed in a Gothic style, complete with gablets.
Local climate
Martyrs 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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