Altarnun War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Altarnun War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twisted-lead-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SX 223 812
- Coordinates
- 50.60415, -4.51232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Altarnun War Memorial is a First World War memorial that also commemorates individuals from the Second World War. It is made of granite stone supplied by the Bodmin Granite Company.
The memorial features a Celtic-wheel cross on a tapering shaft. The shaft has a relief carving of a sword and includes the inscription "PRO PATRIA / MORI" along with the dates "1914-1918." The names of those who fell in the Second World War and the dates "1939-1945" are inscribed at the base of the shaft. The shaft is set on a large pedestal, which has inscriptions on three sides. On the first side (south-east), it reads: "ERECTED BY THE / PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS / OF ALTARNUN. / TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF THE FALLEN / AND IN HONOUR OF ALL / THOSE WHO SERVED FROM THIS PARISH. / THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / KING AND COUNTRY. / (NAMES) / R.I.P." The second and third sides list the names of 96 individuals who served during the First World War and survived, honoring their service. The pedestal is supported by a rough-hewn rectangular base, which rests on a stone slab.
The memorial is surrounded by replacement metal railings, which are not considered to have special architectural or historic interest and are not included in the listing.
Local climate
Altarnun War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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