Nanpean Cemetery War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 2012. War memorial.

Nanpean Cemetery War Memorial

WRENN ID
vacant-zinc-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 2012
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
SW 963 558
Coordinates
50.36757, -4.8651
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Nanpean Cemetery War Memorial is constructed from granite stone and features a tall Celtic Cross set on a square plinth. Each side of the plinth has recessed slate panels. The slate panel on the south face of the plinth includes the inscription:

"TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF OUR BROTHERS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/"

The names of those who fell are inscribed on the slate panels surrounding the plinth.

Local climate

Nanpean Cemetery War Memorial receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% 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 9 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 0.3°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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