Martyrs' Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. Memorial.
Martyrs' Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-chapel-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1953
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Martyrs' Memorial, Denmark Road
- OS grid reference
- SX 926 925
- Coordinates
- 50.723, -3.52187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Martyrs' Memorial, erected in 1909, is located at the junction of Barnfield Hill and Denmark Road. This granite obelisk features bronze reliefs at its base, created by Harry Hems. It commemorates the martyrdom of Thomas Benet in 1531 and Agnes Prest in 1557, both of whom were executed in Exeter.
Local climate
Martyrs' Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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