War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 March 2002. War memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
outer-pewter-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newport
Constituency
Newport East MP: Jessica Morden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 March 2002
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, Victoria
OS grid reference
ST 315 885
Coordinates
51.59127, -2.99002
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This large cenotaph war memorial is made of pale limestone and features a granite base. It has a tiered plinth and a long rectangular tapering slab, with each side panel breaking forward. At the top, there is a tiered entablature. The memorial includes simple engraved inscriptions honoring those who died in the two World Wars on the east and south faces, which are topped with wreaths.

Local climate

War Memorial receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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