The Martyrs Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Victorian Monument. 1 related planning application.

The Martyrs Memorial

WRENN ID
hollow-tower-yarrow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Monument
Period
Victorian
Address
The Martyrs Memorial, St Giles Street
OS grid reference
SP 512 065
Coordinates
51.75508, -1.25898
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Martyrs' Memorial is a significant structure located on Magdalen Street, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott in 1841. This memorial, built from Permian dolomite and Bath stone, features a Gothic design reminiscent of the Queen Eleanor Cross type. It serves as the southern terminal to St Giles' Street. The memorial underwent repairs around 1920 and was cleaned and partly restored in 1949.

Local climate

The Martyrs 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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