Roche War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2018. War memorial.
Roche War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- woven-tower-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SW 988 597
- Coordinates
- 50.40344, -4.83221
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roche War Memorial is a village war memorial built around 1920, with additions and alterations made after 1945. It is located at the south-eastern corner of a staggered crossroads in the heart of the village, directly opposite the Grade II listed church of St Gomonda.
The memorial is constructed from rock-hewn granite and features inset metal lettering. It takes the form of a cross with a wheel head, a tapered shaft, and a base that rests on a platform of two steps. Both the wheel head and tapered shaft are adorned with panels of Celtic ornament in relief, and the head has a circular boss at its center. The tapered base is inscribed with the words 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918'. The names of the fallen are recorded on the sides of the base. Additionally, the top step of the plinth is inscribed '1938 - 1945', with the names of the deceased listed below, including a later addition on the lower step.
Local climate
Roche War Memorial receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% 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 0.3°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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