St Peter's Church War Memorial, Devizes is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 2018. Memorial.
St Peter's Church War Memorial, Devizes
- WRENN ID
- under-span-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- St Peter's Church War Memorial, Devizes, St Peter's Churchyard, Bath Road, SN10 2AP
- OS grid reference
- ST 996 616
- Coordinates
- 51.35405, -2.006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Peter's Church War Memorial in Devizes is a First World War memorial, constructed in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is situated in the churchyard to the north of the Church of St Peter, adjacent to the A361 Bath Road.
The memorial features a Calvary cross with sculpted figures on each face. On the south-west side, there is a representation of Christ on the cross, while the north-east side depicts the Virgin Mary holding the Infant Jesus. Above the figure of Christ on the vertical arm of the cross, there is a carved scroll. Below the cross-head, a carved collar incorporates shield motifs beneath the sculpted figures, with the shields displaying the monograms IHS and the Alpha and Omega. The cross stands on a tall, slender, octagonal shaft made of Clipsham sandstone, which has inverted chamfered stops and rises from a square plinth. The plinth, also made of Clipsham stone, features a chamfered top edge with curved chamfers at the corners. This is set on a two-stepped, octagonal base made of Blue Forest of Dean sandstone.
The plinth bears an inscription in incised lettering. The north-west face includes a relief-carved wreath with the words: "TO THE MEN OF THIS PLACE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS 1914–1919 1939–1945." The names of 45 individuals are recorded on the other three faces of the plinth, with 15 names on each face, preceded by the dates 1914–1919.
Local climate
St Peter's Church War Memorial, Devizes receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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