Newlyn war memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 2017. A Modern Memorial.
Newlyn war memorial
- WRENN ID
- frozen-stair-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Newlyn war memorial, the Strand, Penzance
- OS grid reference
- SW 463 289
- Coordinates
- 50.10629, -5.54944
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Newlyn war memorial is a First World War memorial, built in 1920 by Sir Edward Warren, FRIBA, featuring a relief sculpture by Leonard Stanford Merrifield. After 1945, it was altered to include the names of those who fell in the Second World War, and later to commemorate a serviceman lost in the Korean War.
Constructed from granite, the memorial includes polyphant stone inscription panels and a bronze sculptural plaque. It stands approximately 6.4 meters high and takes the form of a small wheel cross atop an octagonal shaft. Below the cross is a cartouche displaying the borough arms on the front face, with a laurel wreath surrounding the inscription "PRO PATRIA" on the reverse. The robust shaft has a splayed foot that rests on a large pedestal with a moulded cap. The pedestal features carved inscription panels on three sides, which read: side one: "IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE BRAVE MEN OF/ NEWLYN WHO DIED FOR/ OUR COUNTRY AND OF/ ALL OTHERS WHO FELL/ OR SERVED IN THE SAME/ CAUSE IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1918 1939 – 1945"; sides two and three list the names of 131 individuals who lost their lives. The fourth side showcases a deeply modelled bronze relief sculpture by L. S. Merrifield, depicting members of the various units in which the men of the community served. The pedestal is set on a two-stepped, octagonal platform, which is surrounded by low octagonal pylons with shaped tops at each corner.
The platform and a short, paved and planted approach are enclosed by metal railings and gates.
Local climate
Newlyn war memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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