World War II Commemorative Monument at Manor Park Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Newham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 2001. War memorial.
World War II Commemorative Monument at Manor Park Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- hidden-finial-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newham
- Constituency
- East Ham MP: Sir Stephen Timms (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 August 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TQ 417 856
- Coordinates
- 51.55197, 0.04293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The World War II Commemorative Monument at Manor Park Cemetery is a war memorial built in 1950 by the Imperial War Graves Commission, designed by architect R. Hobday. It features a low screen wall made of Portland stone, set within a stone kerb. The center of the monument consists of a square block that is slightly larger than the rest of the wall, displaying the arms of the Borough of East Ham on each side. The names of 57 civilian victims of enemy bombing, who are buried in a mass grave below, are inscribed along the sides and ends of the memorial. Originally, the memorial was intended to be accessed via an axial path with a York stone threshold, surrounded by a yew hedge, with eight silver birches planted and two bench seats installed. At the time of inspection in 2001, the memorial was weathered and its setting neglected. It serves as a restrained but poignant testament to the civilian losses of World War II.
Local climate
World War II Commemorative Monument at Manor Park Cemetery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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