Kilmington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 2015. War memorial.
Kilmington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- heavy-floor-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Kilmington War Memorial, Junction of Gammons Hill and Shute Road, EX13 7RX
- OS grid reference
- SY 269 983
- Coordinates
- 50.78012, -3.03766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kilmington War Memorial is a First World War memorial erected in 1921, with additional inscriptions added later. It is made of carved granite and is located at the crossroads of the A35 and Shute Road on the north side of the village of Kilmington, directly opposite the Grade II listed George Farmhouse.
The memorial features a granite Celtic cross adorned with raised interlace and knotwork, which is set on a tooled tapering shaft that rises from a trapezoidal granite plinth. The front of the plinth bears the inscription, "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KILMINGTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR," followed by eleven names and the phrase, "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
The plinth is supported by a stepped square granite base consisting of two stages, which is inscribed with "AND ALSO THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945," followed by three names. The memorial is elevated on an earthen mound enclosed by a square rubble-stone retaining wall, with access provided by four steps at the east side.
Local climate
Kilmington 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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