War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 2009. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- slow-window-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 2009
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, St Michaels Close, Otterton
- OS grid reference
- SY 079 851
- Coordinates
- 50.65911, -3.30318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Otterton War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure made of granite. It features a two-stepped square stone base topped by a chamfered granite cross on a square plinth. The stone plinth at the base of the cross bears an inscription that honors the parishioners of Otterton who lost their lives in the First World War from 1914 to 1918, as well as those who served in the Second World War from 1939 to 1945. The inscription reads:
THIS MEMORIAL/WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS/TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF/THE MEN OF OTTERTON/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/THESE MEN OF OURS, UNSELFISH, UNAFRAID/WENT TO THE WORLD-WIDE FIGHT/FORGET NOT HOW THEY FOUGHT, AND HOW WE PRAYED/FOR ENGLAND AND THE RIGHT/THEIR NAMES LIVE FOR EVERMORE/R.I.P./(NAMES)/1939-1945/(NAMES)
The memorial was unveiled by Lord Clinton on 1 August 1920. In 2008, the base and surrounding path were restored. The Otterton War Memorial is recognized for its significant design and craftsmanship, as well as its poignant representation of the community's response to the tragedies of war.
Local climate
War Memorial 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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