Cove War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 2018. A C20 War memorial.

Cove War Memorial

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 2018
Type
War memorial
Address
Cove War Memorial, Cove Village Hall, Cove Hill, Tiverton, EX16 7RX
OS grid reference
SS 957 193
Coordinates
50.96409, -3.48625
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cove War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1921. It is made of polished pink granite and takes the form of a Latin cross supported by a three-stepped base. The north-west elevation features an inscription in lead lettering, which reads: "THIS CROSS IS ERECTED/TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914-18./ (NAMES)/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.”/ IN HOC SICNO VINCES." The memorial is set on a stone step and is surrounded by a small gravelled area.

Local climate

Cove War Memorial 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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