Newchurch War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 2019. A C20 War memorial.

Newchurch War Memorial

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 2019
Type
War memorial
Address
Newchurch War Memorial, Newchurch Parish Council Cemetery, High Street, PO36 0NN
OS grid reference
SZ 564 856
Coordinates
50.66737, -1.20319
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Newchurch War Memorial is a war memorial that was unveiled in 1920. It is located on a grassed strip of land to the north-east of the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, which is a Grade I listed building, and is surrounded by gravestones.

The memorial is made of Cornish granite and features a roughly hewn, tapering wheel cross set on a plinth with a rough surface around the edges and a smooth surface on the front and back. Inscriptions are displayed within recessed panels on both the front and rear faces of the plinth. At the bottom step of the memorial, there are two short stone bollards that serve as wreath holders.

The main face of the plinth has the inscription: "IN EVERLASTING MEMORY OF THE HEROIC MEN WHO IN THE GREAT WAR GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY FOR HUMANITY AND FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS," followed by the names of 21 individuals.

On the rear face of the cross shaft, there is an inscription that reads "1939-1945," and below this, the plinth features the inscription: "(13 NAMES) THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD; AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN; AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM."

Local climate

Newchurch War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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