War Memorial in Churchyard North of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. Monument. 3 related planning applications.

War Memorial in Churchyard North of St Mary's Church

WRENN ID
crooked-cellar-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1983
Type
Monument
Address
War Memorial in Churchyard North of St Mary's Church, Trinity Square, Axminster, EX13 5NU
OS grid reference
SY 296 985
Coordinates
50.78194, -2.99933
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial located in the churchyard north of St Mary's Church was erected to commemorate those who served in the 1914-18 War. It is designed as a stone obelisk featuring Perpendicular decoration and is topped with a Greek cross. The memorial stands on a plinth and includes a niche on one side that contains a figure of St George and the Dragon.

Local climate

War Memorial in Churchyard North of St Mary's Church 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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