New Marston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 2017. War memorial.
New Marston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- shifting-dormer-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- New Marston War Memorial, Marston Road, OX3 0TX
- OS grid reference
- SP 528 069
- Coordinates
- 51.75844, -1.23562
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The New Marston War Memorial is located prominently on the east side of Marston Road, next to St Michael’s Primary School. Made of Portland stone, it stands 2.75 metres tall, appearing higher due to its raised platform. The memorial features a plain short cross mounted on a two-stepped plinth, which is set atop a large column. Each side of the column has a stone-sculpted arch that projects outward, and within the recess of the front arch is a stone wreath carved in relief.
The gently tapered column rests on a chamfered plinth, which is supported by a larger two-stepped base. The entire structure is elevated on a platform made of red tiles, accessible from the pavement by two sets of three steps, flanked by a wall of rough stone blocks.
The front (west-facing) side of the column lists the names, ranks, and regiments of 26 men from New Marston who died in the First World War, inscribed into the stone. The plinth on this side bears the inscription: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THEIR FRIENDS / OF NEW MARSTON."
On the left (north-facing) side, the column is inscribed with: "IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN / FROM THIS VILLAGE / WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WARS / 1914–1919." After the Second World War, the letter S was added to the word WAR, and the text "AND / 1939–1945" was inscribed below it, followed by eleven names. A twelfth name was added to the chamfered edge of the plinth.
The right (south-facing) side of the column features the inscription: "GREATER LOVE / HATH NO / MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN / LAY DOWN / HIS LIFE FOR HIS / FRIENDS."
Local climate
New Marston War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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