Willshire Monument on Traffic Island is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1988. A C19 Monument. 1 related planning application.
Willshire Monument on Traffic Island
- WRENN ID
- tattered-outpost-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Willshire Monument on Traffic Island, the Square, Barnstaple, EX32 8LN
- OS grid reference
- SS 558 329
- Coordinates
- 51.07814, -4.05867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willshire Monument, located on a traffic island in Barnstaple, is a memorial bust dating from the late 19th century. It was created by WL Baron of Barnstaple. The monument features a bronze bust mounted on a column made of polished red granite, with a pedestal and capital crafted from polished grey granite. The shaft of the column is inscribed with the name "CHARLES SWEET WILLSHIRE. 1837-89." The pedestal bears the inscription "ERECTED BY FRIENDS AND FELLOW TOWNSMEN IN RECOGNITION OF HIS EMINENT AND UNSELFISH SERVICES AS A LIBERAL POLITICIAN AND MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVE." Willshire was noted in 1897 as one of the most influential political leaders in the Western Counties. WL Baron was a prominent decorator at Brannam's pottery in Litchdon Street and established his own pottery at Rolle Quay around 1895.
Local climate
Willshire Monument on Traffic Island sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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