Topsham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 2019. War memorial.
Topsham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- burning-thatch-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Topsham War Memorial, Church of St Margaret, Fore Street, Devon, EX3 0HN
- OS grid reference
- SX 965 880
- Coordinates
- 50.68276, -3.46556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Topsham War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920 and altered after the Second World War. It is made of granite and is located prominently by the roadside to the east of the Church of St Margaret, which is listed as Grade II*.
The memorial features a plain Latin cross with a gently tapering octagonal shaft, set on a three-tiered octagonal plinth with a single-stepped octagonal base. The upper tier of the plinth has the names of 69 fallen soldiers inscribed in leaded lettering on five sides. The middle tier bears the inscription "THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE," while the lower tier is marked with the dates "1914 – 1918." Additionally, the upper tier has an inscription listing the names of 23 individuals lost in World War Two, with the dates "1939-1945" on the lower tier.
Local climate
Topsham War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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