Marhamchurch War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 2018. War memorial.
Marhamchurch War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-pewter-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 July 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Marhamchurch War Memorial, Car Park in Front of St Marwenne's Church, Junction of Helebridge Road &Amp; Underlane, EX23 0EN
- OS grid reference
- SS 223 036
- Coordinates
- 50.80546, -4.52245
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Marhamchurch War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes later additions for the Second World War. It is made of granite and is situated in the car park at the junction of Helebridge Road and Underlane, to the east of the Grade I-listed Parish Church of St Marwenne.
The memorial features a rough-hewn granite wheel-headed cross mounted on a tapering shaft. This cross shaft rises from a plinth that sits on a square base. The east and west faces of the plinth are recessed and have a smooth finish.
On the east face of the cross shaft, the inscription reads "FOR / KING / AND / COUNTRY / 1914-1918," with a list of the 12 fallen from that conflict on the face of the plinth below. The west face of the cross shaft bears the inscription "FOR / KING / AND / COUNTRY / 1939-1945," and the face of the plinth below lists the nine fallen from that conflict.
The memorial is set on a square, flat granite area that is enclosed by a post and chain fence, located within the larger tarmacked car park area.
Local climate
Marhamchurch War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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 0.3°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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