Portskewett War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 September 2000. War memorial.
Portskewett War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- white-flagstone-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 September 2000
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Portskewett War Memorial, Newport
- OS grid reference
- ST 499 881
- Coordinates
- 51.59, -2.72412
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Portskewett War Memorial is made of grey granite ashlar and takes the shape of an obelisk standing on a plinth. It features a square two-step base with rough edges. The plinth is tapered and has inscriptions honoring those who fell in World War I and World War II on its base, cap, and sides. The edge of the cap is adorned with guilloche moulding, and the polished shaft of the obelisk has a blunted top.
Local climate
Portskewett War Memorial receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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