Bampton War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2017. War memorial. 3 related planning applications.
Bampton War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- south-chalk-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bampton War Memorial Cross, High Street, EX16 9NQ
- OS grid reference
- SS 955 222
- Coordinates
- 50.99042, -3.48935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bampton War Memorial Cross is located at the junction of High Street and South Molton Road, within a circular enclosure that features railings at the rear and four posts with a spiked chain at the front. This memorial is made of rough-hewn Devon granite and stands approximately 3.5 meters tall. It rises from a tapering, square plinth that sits on a two-stepped base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF/ FORTY ONE PARISHIONERS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THAT HE GIVETH HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS./ (NAMES)." The names of those who served in the First World War are listed on either side of the plinth. Additionally, a later inscription on the front face of the upper step of the base reads "1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
In front of the memorial cross, there is a Victoria Cross tablet dedicated to Captain Anketell Moutray Read, which is set into the circular platform.
Local climate
Bampton War Memorial Cross receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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