Morchard Bishop War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 2017. War memorial.
Morchard Bishop War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-keep-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Morchard Bishop War Memorial, The Green, Village Cross, Crediton, EX17 6PG
- OS grid reference
- SS 769 075
- Coordinates
- 50.85436, -3.74924
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Morchard Bishop War Memorial is a 5-meter tall memorial made of Dartmoor granite, located on The Green, near several Grade II-listed buildings. It features a plain Latin cross that rises from a small pedestal, which is set on a broad three-stepped base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal reads: "TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 LEST WE FORGET." Below this, on the upper step, it also states: "ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE WAR 1939 – 1945." The names of those commemorated are listed on the pedestal and upper step.
The memorial is enclosed by a square area marked by stone kerbing and features eight metal posts with finials that support double chains around the enclosure.
Local climate
Morchard Bishop War Memorial receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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