Fowey War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 2017. A 20th century War memorial.
Fowey War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lone-pillar-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Fowey War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Fimbarrus, South Street, PL23 1BY
- OS grid reference
- SX 125 516
- Coordinates
- 50.3353, -4.63528
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fowey War Memorial is a war memorial cross, along with retaining walls and steps, dating from 1921. It is made of dressed granite.
The memorial cross stands on a three-stepped octagonal base. The tapering rectangular shaft features intricate carvings of Cornish and Stafford knot designs on the front and rear faces, with beading along the limbs. At the top, it is crowned by a wheel-head cross. On the north and south sides of the bottom step, there are stone flower holders set into a paved surface. The eight faces of the top step are inscribed with the following text: "A S/ MCMXIV – MCMXIX/ TO THE GREATER/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF/ XL MEN OF THIS/ BOROUGH/ WHO BY LAND/ AND SEA/ DYING FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY/ HEIRS OF HER/ SPIRIT NOW/ INHERIT LIFE/ ETERNAL." The middle step bears the inscription "REMEMBER/ (NAMES)" and the lower step is inscribed with "MCMXXXIX – MCMXLV/ (NAMES)." Additionally, a sword is carved in relief on the tread of the east side of the lower step.
The memorial is located in the corner of the churchyard, surrounded by dressed granite walls and sunken steps that lead to the churchyard wall. The steel railings and entrance gates are of a later date and are noted as not being of special architectural or historic interest.
Local climate
Fowey 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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