St Levan War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 2016. War memorial.

St Levan War Memorial

WRENN ID
crooked-corridor-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 December 2016
Type
War memorial
Address
St Levan War Memorial, Trethewey, Penzance, TR19 6LL
OS grid reference
SW 379 237
Coordinates
50.05624, -5.66224
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The St Levan War Memorial is a granite cross built in 1921 and restored in the 21st century. It features a Celtic wheel cross that sits atop a tapering pedestal and base. The front face of the pedestal displays a metal plaque with white enamelled lettering that reads: "THESE MEN OF ST LEVAN/ WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM AND/ HONOUR IN THE TWO GREAT WORLD WARS/ 1914-18 1939-45/ 1914-18/(NAMES)/ 1939-45/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The memorial is positioned on a concrete base surrounded by low posts and metal railings.

Local climate

St Levan War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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