St Clement War Memorial, Truro is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
St Clement War Memorial, Truro
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-gravel-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- St Clement War Memorial, Truro, Junction of Union Hill and Belvedere, TR1 1SB
- OS grid reference
- SW 838 457
- Coordinates
- 50.27218, -5.03412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The St Clement War Memorial in Truro is a First World War memorial built after 1919. It is located on the east side of a crossroads where Tregolls Road, Union Hill (A390), the A39, and Belvedere meet.
The memorial features a wheel-head Celtic cross made of granite, with carved knotwork on the head and a rectangular shaft. The head displays ‘triqueta’ patterns within the arms and scroll decoration on the shaft on the west face, while the other faces are plain. The cross is set on a cushion-shaped, tapering plinth that rests on a flat base. The front (west) face commemorates the 14 men lost in the First World War, inscribed with the words: ST CLEMENT / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / HONOUR & RIGHT / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. Below the list of names is the inscription BEING DEAD YET SPEAK, with the lettering made of lead.
Local climate
St Clement War Memorial, Truro receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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