Delabole War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2018. War memorial.
Delabole War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ghost-steeple-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Delabole War Memorial, Junction of High Street and Atlantic Road, PL33 9AJ
- OS grid reference
- SX 068 839
- Coordinates
- 50.62307, -4.73243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Delabole War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1922 and altered after the Second World War. It is made of granite and features a Cross of Sacrifice, with a relief-carved sword on the arms and shaft of a Celtic Cross. The cross is set on a tapering rough-hewn plinth, which stands on a two-stepped platform surrounded by paving. The main (east) face of the plinth is inscribed with "IN MEMORY OF DELABOLE MEN / WHO DIED FOR / GOD, KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918," followed by the names of 31 men who lost their lives in that war. After the Second World War, a granite slab was added to the steps of the memorial, inscribed with the names of nine men who fell in that conflict, under the dates 1939 – 1945.
The memorial is located in an enclosed memorial park in the center of Delabole, elevated above the main road. The park was created for the unveiling of the memorial and has since been enhanced with various memorial plaques, including one commemorating the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, as well as a Millennium clock tower at the edge of the road.
Local climate
Delabole War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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