Woodbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Woodbury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- secret-roof-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Woodbury War Memorial, Village Green, Greenway, EX5 1LP
- OS grid reference
- SY 009 871
- Coordinates
- 50.67531, -3.4026
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Woodbury War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of rough-hewn granite and is prominently located on the village green, southeast of the Church of St Swithun, which is a Grade I listed building, and its Grade II listed lychgate.
The memorial features a tall Latin cross made of rough-hewn granite, which stands on a trapezoidal plinth that is set atop a three-stepped octagonal base. The main inscription is located on the front face of the plinth, crafted in leaded lettering, and reads: "I STAND/ TO THE PROUD AND GLORIOUS/ MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ THROUGH SACRIFICE, TO VICTORY AND LIFE." The names, ranks, and initials of the First World War fallen are listed in two columns on each of the two side faces of the plinth.
On the upper face of the top step of the base, there is an additional inscription that reads "1939 – 1945," with the ranks, surnames, and initials of the Second World War fallen recorded in two lists on either side of the plinth.
Local climate
Woodbury War Memorial receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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