Kenwyn War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 2017. War memorial.

Kenwyn War Memorial

WRENN ID
buried-ember-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 November 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Kenwyn War Memorial, Junction of B3284, Kenwyn Hill, Truro, TR1 3UY
OS grid reference
SW 817 458
Coordinates
50.27188, -5.06408
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Kenwyn War Memorial is a war memorial that was unveiled on 27 June 1920, honoring those who died in service during the First and Second World Wars. It is made of Cornish granite stone and features raised metal lettering.

The memorial has a square base topped by a tapered plinth, a shaft, and a wheel cross decorated in a Celtic style. The dedication is found within a recessed panel on the west face of the plinth, which reads ‘1914-1918/ KENWYN/ WAR MEMORIAL/ ALSO/ 1939-1948/ (the names of Second World War casualties)/ LEST WE FORGET'. The names of those who died in the First World War are inscribed on the north and south faces of the plinth.

Local climate

Kenwyn War Memorial receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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