Whimple War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 2019. War memorial.
Whimple War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- little-spire-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Whimple War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, the Square, Exeter
- OS grid reference
- SY 043 971
- Coordinates
- 50.7664, -3.357
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whimple War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes later additions for the Second World War. It is prominently located within the churchyard to the south of the Church of St Mary, which is listed as Grade II*. The memorial is made of granite and features a Latin cross atop a tall octagonal shaft, which stands on a three-stepped octagonal base.
The upper section of the base has an inscription in lead lettering that reads "IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN 1914 1919" on seven of its eight sides, while a small cross is carved on the eighth face. The middle step lists the names of the fallen, and the lower section bears the inscription "1939 – 1945 / (NAMES)."
Local climate
Whimple War Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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