Newmarket War Memorial
Memorial Gardens, Bury Road, Junction with Fordham Road, Newmarket, CB8 7BP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1453400
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Newmarket War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Memorial Gardens, Bury Road, Junction with Fordham Road, Newmarket, CB8 7BP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1453400
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Newmarket War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Memorial Gardens, Bury Road, Junction with Fordham Road, Newmarket, CB8 7BP
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Memorial Gardens, Bury Road, Junction with Fordham Road, Newmarket, CB8 7BP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- West Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Newmarket
- National Grid Reference:
- TL6458463613
Summary
A First World War memorial dating from 1921, altered following the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Newmarket War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
Architectural interest:
* a striking yet dignified monument; it is neatly made and well proportioned.
History
Newmarket War Memorial was unveiled on 16 October 1921 by Major-General Sir William Lambton and dedicated by the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The memorial was erected at a cost of £2,000.
It commemorates 218 local servicemen who died during the First World War. Following the Second World War, four open books, carved in granite, were added with the names of the 82 local servicemen and 13 civilians who had died in that conflict.
In 2011, the war memorial was cleaned and the lettering repaired.
Details
A First World War memorial dating from 1921, altered following the Second World War.
MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed of granite.
DESCRIPTION: Newmarket War Memorial stands within the memorial gardens on Bury Road, Newmarker. It consists of a tall square granite column surmounted by a carved urn with an eternal flame pinnacle and swags. On two faces of the column are carved wreaths and swords. The column rises from a square plinth with scroll shaped brackets at each corner. This sits on a three-stepped base which has open books on each face.
The main dedicatory inscription is located on the front face on the column and reads TO/ THE GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ NEWMARKET/ WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ &/ 1939 - 1945. The faces of the plinth and the four books bear the names of the fallen.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online ref. 118118, accessed 03.02.17 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/118118
Imperial War Museums Inventory ref.4578, accessed 03.02.17 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4578
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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