Newbury Town War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 2016. War memorial.
Newbury Town War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fossil-hammer-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Newbury Town War Memorial, Junction of West Mills, Bridge Street and Bartholomew Street, Rg14
- OS grid reference
- SU 471 671
- Coordinates
- 51.40118, -1.32429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Newbury Town War Memorial, built in 1922, is a significant structure designed by Sir Mervyn Macartney, with masonry work completed by Messrs T Thorn and Sons of Newbury and bronze work by Messrs Gardners and Sons of Bristol.
Constructed from Portland stone for the memorial shaft and screen wall, and limestone for the base, the memorial features cast bronze inscribed plaques. It is situated in a quadrant plot, separated from the north-east corner of St Nicholas’s churchyard by a curved screen wall that adjoins the churchyard walls, and is enclosed from the street by iron railings. The memorial rises from a stepped octagonal base.
Standing at 5 meters tall, the memorial features a lantern cross with an octagonal shaft topped by a Decorated gothic-style tabernacle adorned with intricate mouldings. It includes four canopied niches that house statues of saints Nicholas, Michael, George, and Martin, supported by angel corbels. The structure has an octagonal pedestal set upon a square base, which is further elevated by four octagonal steps.
Behind the cross is a two-stage screen wall. The lower stage, which encloses the memorial from the churchyard, displays 13 rectangular plaques. The central plaque is inscribed with the words ‘IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918’, while the plaques on either side list the names of 338 fallen men and one woman.
An upper stage was added to the center of the screen wall after the Second World War, featuring seven panels. The central panel bears the inscription ‘IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945’, with the names of 171 men listed on the panels flanking it. The upper stage is bordered by iron rails that connect it to the churchyard walls.
Local climate
Newbury Town War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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