Tramway Workers War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Newham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1999. War memorial.

Tramway Workers War Memorial

WRENN ID
patient-roof-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newham
Constituency
West Ham and Beckton MP: James Asser (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1999
Type
War memorial
Address
Tramway Workers War Memorial, Greengate Street
OS grid reference
TQ 407 829
Coordinates
51.52749, 0.02736
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tramway Workers War Memorial is a war memorial dating from around 1920, designed by J.F. Richards and carved by A. Elfes & Sons. It is made of Portland stone and features a plinth consisting of three steps, with obelisks at each of the four corners on the lowest step. The pedestal has a moulded base and a cornice that is supported by scrolled consoles on corbels. The front face of the memorial displays a laurel wreath that encloses the inscription: "sacred to the memory of West Ham Tramway Employees who fell in the European war 1914-1919." The baldacchino includes a moulded thin-section canopy with mutules, which is supported by three unfluted Tuscan columns and one square pier. The square pier is inscribed with the names of those commemorated.

Local climate

Tramway Workers War 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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