Membury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 2016. War memorial.
Membury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- low-minaret-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Membury War Memorial, Outside St John the Baptist Church, EX13 7AF
- OS grid reference
- ST 276 029
- Coordinates
- 50.82135, -3.02846
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Membury War Memorial is a memorial featuring a Latin cross that stands over 5 meters tall. The cross has octagonal arms that rise from a tapered octagonal shaft. This shaft is positioned on an octagonal plinth with rounded corners, which in turn rests on a square base with two steps.
In front of the memorial, there is a limestone retaining wall that supports a stone dedication tablet. The tablet has an inscription in ornate, incised lettering that reads: "IN MEMORY OF/ THE SACRIFICES MADE/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ AUGUST 1914 NOVEMBER 1918/ BY THIS SIGN THOU SHALT/ CONQUER."
Additionally, a bronze plaque on the memorial honors those who fell in the Second World War, stating "1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Membury War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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