War memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Stephen is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 2018. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Stephen
- WRENN ID
- lone-joist-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Stephen, St Stephen's Road, St Stephens, Saltash, PL12 4AR
- OS grid reference
- SX 416 583
- Coordinates
- 50.40367, -4.2295
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Stephen is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War and the Falklands Conflict. It is situated in the north-west corner of the churchyard, near the St Stephen’s Hill entrance to the Grade I-listed church.
This memorial is made of granite and features a square shaft surrounded by four rough-hewn columns, each with circular bases and capitals. At the top, it has a square cornice and a short obelisk. The memorial rests on a plain square foot and a chamfered plinth that rises from a three-stepped square base. The entire structure is set on a semi-circular platform that is enclosed by a low semi-circular wall with rounded coping, which ends in short square pillars at both ends.
The names of the fallen are inscribed in leaded lettering on the shaft, with additional inscriptions on the foot and plinth. The west face features the inscription (NAMES) / TO THE HONOURED DEAD / 1914-1919 / YE THAT LIVE ON MID ENGLISH PASTURES GREEN / REMEMBER US AND THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. The south face lists the names of those who died in the Second World War, reading (NAMES) / 1939-1945, while the north face commemorates the Falklands Conflict with FALKLANDS / 1982 (NAME).
Local climate
War memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Stephen sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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