Upton Pyne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 2019. War memorial.
Upton Pyne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-tallow-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Upton Pyne War Memorial, Church of Our Lady, Upton Pyne Hill, EX5 5JA
- OS grid reference
- SX 910 976
- Coordinates
- 50.7686, -3.54675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Upton Pyne War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was erected in 1920 and altered after the Second World War. It is made of pale grey Devon granite and is located in the churchyard next to the entrance of the Church of Our Lady, not far from a late medieval churchyard cross.
The memorial features a plain Latin cross with a gently tapering shaft, standing on a substantial square plinth and a two-stepped octagonal base. It reaches a height of approximately 3.65 meters.
On the west face of the plinth, the main inscription reads:
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS CROSS IS ERECTED IN PROUD AND/ GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR COUNTRY AND HOME IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE."
Additionally, there is an inscription on the south face of the plinth that states:
"2ND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAME)."
Local climate
Upton Pyne War Memorial receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 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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