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
- woven-rubblework-lake
- 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
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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