Chulmleigh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 2017. War memorial.
Chulmleigh War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- final-cornice-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Chulmleigh War Memorial, The Square, EX18 7BU
- OS grid reference
- SS 687 141
- Coordinates
- 50.912, -3.86877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chulmleigh War Memorial is a granite cross located in the garden within The Square, surrounded by several Grade II-listed buildings and The Church of St Mary Magdalene, which is Grade I. The tall granite wheel-head cross rises from a tapering pedestal and stands about 5 meters tall on a three-stepped base. The wheel-head features small wheel crosses carved at the intersections of the cross arms and circlet, while the cross shaft is divided into rough-hewn panels by dressed horizontal lines and vertical borders.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front (south) face of the pedestal reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF CHULMLEIGH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING/ AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ AND 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)." The names of those who died in the First World War are listed on either side of the pedestal. The rear (north) face is inscribed with the words: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
The garden is enclosed by a brick-capped stone wall topped with plain railings that have simple backstays with curled tops at each standard. The entrance to the garden is located in the short north wall.
Local climate
Chulmleigh War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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