West Hill (Devon) Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 2015. Memorial cross.
West Hill (Devon) Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- sombre-portal-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 2015
- Type
- Memorial cross
- OS grid reference
- SY 070 940
- Coordinates
- 50.73834, -3.31805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The West Hill Memorial Cross is located on a small triangular Green at the junction of School Lane and West Hill Road, marked at each corner by three granite boulders. The memorial is constructed from rough-hewn Dartmoor granite and features a Maltese cross atop a 2.5-meter tall tapering shaft, which is raised on a square plinth. This plinth is set on a two-stepped base, situated within a square area that is kerbed and gravelled.
The names and dedication are inscribed on the plinth using applied lead lettering. The dedication states, "TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ WEST HILL WHO DIED IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)." On the front face of the first step, it reads, "THEIR NAMES SHALL REMAIN FOREVER AND/ THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT." The first step also includes the dedication "1939 - 1945 (NAMES)."
Local climate
West Hill (Devon) Memorial Cross receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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