Ilfracombe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1990. A 20th century Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Ilfracombe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- pale-lantern-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1990
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Ilfracombe War Memorial, Church Street, EX34 8HB
- OS grid reference
- SS 514 472
- Coordinates
- 51.20543, -4.12771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ilfracombe War Memorial commemorates those who died in the 1914-1918 war and was designed in 1924 by Courtney Pollock. It takes the form of a bronze figure of Victory standing upon a plain, Tuscan-columned granite pedestal, which itself sits on a plinth of two wide, shallow granite steps. Inscribed in lead letters on the east side of the pedestal’s base are the words: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ILFRACOMBE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1918." Bronze plaques on the dado of the pedestal display the names of the deceased on all four sides, while similar plaques on the south, west, and north sides of the base record the names of those who died in the Second World War (1939-1945). The granite work was undertaken by JP Huxtable of Ilfracombe. The memorial was dedicated on Armistice Day, November 11th, 1924, and is situated in the middle of a Garden of Remembrance on a slope east of the churchyard, making it clearly visible from Church Street.
Local climate
Ilfracombe War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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