Budleigh Salterton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 2017. War memorial.
Budleigh Salterton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- turning-bastion-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Budleigh Salterton War Memorial, Junction of Salting Hill and Coastguard Hill, Marine Parade, EX9 6NT
- OS grid reference
- SY 070 819
- Coordinates
- 50.62988, -3.31604
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Budleigh Salterton War Memorial is a tall granite structure located at the junction of Salting Hill and Coastguard Hill, overlooking the sea and serving as a daymark. It is positioned on a cliff-top that overlooks the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site. The memorial features a plain, slender Latin cross that stands on a small tapered pedestal, which is raised on a single step.
The main dedicatory inscription is in applied metal lettering on the upper surface of the step, stating: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1939 – 1945/ WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON THE PLINTH."
The names of those who served in the First World War are listed alphabetically on the front and rear faces of the cross shaft. The names of Second World War service personnel are inscribed on the front and side faces of the pedestal, with an additional inscription on the rear face that reads: "IN MEMORY OF THOSE RESIDENTS/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES BY ENEMY ACTION/ 1939 – 1945./ (10 NAMES)."
The cross is set on a paved and cobbled octagonal area, which is enclosed by low posts with a chain suspended between them.
Local climate
Budleigh Salterton 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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