Newmarket War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 2018. A 20th century War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Newmarket War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- eternal-stair-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Newmarket War Memorial, Memorial Gardens, Bury Road, Junction with Fordham Road, CB8 7BP
- OS grid reference
- TL 645 636
- Coordinates
- 52.2461, 0.40937
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Newmarket War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with alterations made after the Second World War. It is made of granite and is located within the memorial gardens on Bury Road in Newmarket. The memorial features a tall square granite column topped with a carved urn that has an eternal flame pinnacle and decorative swags. Two faces of the column are adorned with carved wreaths and swords. The column stands on a square plinth with scroll-shaped brackets at each corner, which is set on a three-stepped base that displays open books on each face.
The main dedicatory inscription is on the front face of the column, stating: "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF NEWMARKET WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 & 1939 - 1945." The names of the fallen are inscribed on the faces of the plinth and the four books.
Local climate
Newmarket War 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
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