Lapford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 2017. War memorial. 4 related planning applications.

Lapford War Memorial

WRENN ID
sunken-string-ochre
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
Lapford War Memorial, C30m to the East of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Crediton, EX17 6PZ
OS grid reference
SS 731 082
Coordinates
50.86, -3.80314
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lapford War Memorial is a granite structure erected in the aftermath of World War I, located on a small green area to the east of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury. The memorial is in the form of a simple Latin cross, with an octagonal section, that rises from a low pedestal. The square pedestal has rounded shoulders and sits upon a two-stepped octagonal base. The front face of the pedestal bears the primary inscription "IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF OUR LAPFORD MEN WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914 – 1918." A later inscription on the rear face commemorates those who died in the Second World War, reading “ALSO 1939 – 45 WAR”. The names of those commemorated are inscribed on the faces of the upper step of the base, and a recent inscription on one side of the pedestal remembers the Falkland Islands conflict of 1982, listing one name.

Local climate

Lapford War Memorial 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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