Chawleigh War Memorial Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 2017. War memorial.
Chawleigh War Memorial Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- spare-crypt-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Chawleigh War Memorial Obelisk, The Churchyard, the Church of St James, EX18 7HH
- OS grid reference
- SS 712 126
- Coordinates
- 50.89892, -3.83258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chawleigh War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St James, which is a Grade I-listed building, near the lych gate and the village school, both of which are Grade II-listed. The memorial is made of granite and is designed as an obelisk that rises from a tapered pedestal, which itself stands on a square base.
On the front of the obelisk, there is a wreath carved in low relief. The pedestal features an inscription that reads: IN/ AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ THOSE WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ 1939 – 1945.
Local climate
Chawleigh War Memorial Obelisk receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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