Broadhembury Parish Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 2017. War memorial.
Broadhembury Parish Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- grey-gravel-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Broadhembury Parish Memorial Cross, Village Square, Honiton, EX14 3NF
- OS grid reference
- ST 101 047
- Coordinates
- 50.83549, -3.27784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Broadhembury Parish Memorial Cross is made of Devonshire granite and is located in a small enclosure at the road junction opposite the Drewe Arms, which is a Grade II*-listed building. It is also near several other Grade II-listed buildings in the village center. The cross is a plain Latin design that rises from a tapering pedestal, which sits on a two-stepped octagonal base.
On the front face of the pedestal, there is a dedicatory inscription that reads: 1914 – 1919/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES/ THAT OTHERS/ MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT,/ THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN. The names of those who died in the First World War are inscribed on the faces of the upper step, while the details of those who served in the Second World War are recorded on the south face of the pedestal. Additionally, the name of a soldier from the Boer War is noted on the front face of the lower step.
The enclosure around the cross is raised above road level and is marked by a rubble-stone wall at the rear. In front, there are low metal posts that support a spiked chain.
Local climate
Broadhembury Parish Memorial Cross 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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