Martyrs' Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Memorial.
Martyrs' Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallow-granite-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Martyrs' Memorial, Cuilfail, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 424 103
- Coordinates
- 50.87523, 0.02301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Martyrs' Memorial is a Grade II listed obelisk located in Lewes, Cuilfail, and was erected in 1901. It is made of stone and stands on a tall plinth with a rougher stone base. An inscription panel is set into the plinth, which reads: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE UNDERNAIIED SEVENTEEN PROTESTANT MARTYRS WHO, FOR THEIR FAITHFUL TESTIMONY TO GOD's TRUTH, WERE, DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY, BURNED TO DEATH, IN FRONT OF THE THEN STAR INN NOW THE TOWN HALL - LEWES. THIS OBELISK, PROVIDED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS, WAS ERECTED A.D. 1901." The panel also includes the names of the martyrs along with the dates of their executions, and concludes with a verse from Revelations, chapter 12, verse 11.
Local climate
Martyrs' Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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