Ouida Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Memorial.
Ouida Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-loggia-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1997
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Ouida Memorial, Vinery Road, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 847 635
- Coordinates
- 52.23877, 0.70455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ouida Memorial is a memorial located in Bury St Edmunds, constructed in the early 20th century. It is made of freestone and features bronze figures. At the base, there is a square drinking trough with low moulded stone sides and short rectangular corner pillars, which supports a rectangular stone column divided into three stages, topped with a flat surface and moulded cornice.
The top stage is adorned on two sides by cast bronze female figures representing Courage, who carries a sword, and Sympathy, who cradles a puppy. A cast bronze panel displays a profile head along with the name 'OUIDA. LOUISE DE LA RAMEE', and below it, the inscription reads: 'BORN AT BURY ST EDMUNDS JANUARY 1ST 1839, DIED AT VAREGGIO, ITALY, JANUARY 25TH 1908. HER FRIENDS HAVE ERECTED THIS FOUNTAIN IN THE PLACE OF HER BIRTH. HERE MAY GOD'S CREATURES WHOM SHE LOVED ASSUAGE HER TENDER SOUL AS THEY DRINK. CURZON OF KEDLESTON.'
On one side of the lowest stage, the arms of Bury St Edmunds are carved, while the opposite side features another inscription stating: 'THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED FROM FUNDS SUBSCRIBED BY READERS OF THE DAILY MIRROR AND BY FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.'
Local climate
Ouida 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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