Chardstock War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Chardstock War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- inner-panel-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Chardstock War Memorial, Main Street, Axminster, EX13 7BS
- OS grid reference
- ST 309 044
- Coordinates
- 50.83523, -2.98128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chardstock War Memorial is a stone structure located in a small enclosure on the south side of Main Street, approximately 75 meters east of the Church of St Andrew and near The George Inn, both of which are listed as Grade II*. The memorial features a short wheel-head cross that rises from a tapered pedestal, which is square in shape and stands on a single step. The pedestal is rough-hewn on three sides, while the front is dressed.
On the front face of the pedestal, there are inscriptions. The main dedicatory inscription reads: "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CHARDSTOCK WHO IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 FACED DEATH IN THE CAUSE OF GOD AND THE RIGHT." Below this are the names of the fallen, with 18 names listed for the First World War and 10 names for the Second World War (1939 – 1945).
A small metal flagpole is attached to the rear face of the pedestal by brackets. The cross is set on a concrete surface, and the surrounding embanked planting beds are supported by a rubble wall. The memorial enclosure is enclosed by a rubble wall with a centrally-placed wooden gate.
Local climate
Chardstock 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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