Lostwithiel War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 2018. War memorial.
Lostwithiel War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tenth-cobalt-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Lostwithiel War Memorial, The Parade
- OS grid reference
- SX 105 597
- Coordinates
- 50.40716, -4.66725
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lostwithiel War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of granite and features a granite obelisk with a moulded foot, set on a high, square-section pedestal that has arcades and an arch on each side. The pedestal is inscribed in black lettering with the words “LEST WE FORGET” followed by “THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN THE LASTING MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN OF THIS BOROUGH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918,” along with the names of 36 men who lost their lives. Below this inscription is a slightly wider section that reads “AND TO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945,” which includes the names of 21 men who died in that conflict. The entire structure stands on a narrow platform of three roughly-hewn granite steps.
Local climate
Lostwithiel War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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