Axmouth War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 2017. Memorial cross.
Axmouth War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- salt-joist-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 2017
- Type
- Memorial cross
- Address
- Axmouth War Memorial Cross, St Michael's Churchyard, Church Lane, EX12 4AF
- OS grid reference
- SY 256 910
- Coordinates
- 50.71433, -3.05476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Axmouth War Memorial Cross is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael, which is a Grade I-listed building. Made from Cornish granite, the memorial stands approximately 5 meters tall and features a wheel-head cross. Both the cross head and shaft are decorated with intricate interlace patterns carved in low relief. The shaft is set on a three-stepped, octagonal base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the base reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'." The names of those commemorated are listed on the other faces of the middle step, with the names of two individuals from the Second World War inscribed on the rear.
Local climate
Axmouth War Memorial Cross receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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