War Memorial Near Castle Pencair Fort is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 2008. War memorial.
War Memorial Near Castle Pencair Fort
- WRENN ID
- heavy-solder-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 2008
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial Near Castle Pencair Fort, Tregonning Hill, Germoe
- OS grid reference
- SW 598 300
- Coordinates
- 50.12189, -5.36036
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Germoe War Memorial, located near Castle Pencair Fort, is a Grade II listed structure. It is made of granite and features a three-stepped square base constructed from coursed snecked stone, topped with a roughly hewn granite Celtic cross on a plinth. The stone plinth at the base of the cross bears an inscription in lead lettering that reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN REVERED AND HONOURED MEMORY/OF THE BRAVE MEN OF ST GERMOE,/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING & COUNTRY/1914 - 1918./ERNEST ANDREW./LEONARD LAITY./ERNEST RICHARDS./SAMPSON RICHARDS./LEST WE FORGET." Additionally, a granite stone plaque has been inserted into the top stone step, which includes the inscription: "ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/FELL IN THE WAR 1939-1945./ERVIN ANDREWS/STANLEY JOHNS/WILLIAM COURTENY WHITE." The memorial serves as a poignant reminder of the community's loss during the world wars and is noted for its competent design and craftsmanship, as well as its prominent location on the scheduled hillfort.
Local climate
War Memorial Near Castle Pencair Fort receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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