Mortehoe War Memorial in the Churchyard of Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 2011. War memorial.
Mortehoe War Memorial in the Churchyard of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- bitter-parapet-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 2011
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SS 457 451
- Coordinates
- 51.18507, -4.20898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mortehoe War Memorial was erected circa 1920 to commemorate those who fell in the First World War, with subsequent additions to remember those lost in the Second World War and the Korean War. Constructed from granite, it has an octagonal plan. The memorial consists of a small Celtic wheel-head cross set atop a tall, slender octagonal column, which rests on a square plinth. A stepped hexagonal pedestal sits below the plinth. The memorial records the names of twenty-six men of Mortehoe who fell in the Great War, eight men who fell in the Second World War, and a single soldier of the Korean War. An inscription on the east (front) of the plinth reads: 'IN LOVING / REMEMBRANCE / OF OUR / GALLANT MEN / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / THEIR SOULS TO THEIR GOD (NAMES) 1939-1945 / (NAMES) / 1950-53 / (NAME)'. The names of those who fell in the First World War are carved on the plinth, while those lost in the Second World War and Korean War are inscribed on the third step of the pedestal. The memorial’s designation at Grade II recognises its social, architectural, and historical significance, as well as its group value in relation to the nearby Grade I Church of St Mary Magdalene and the Grade II lych-gate.
Local climate
Mortehoe War Memorial in the Churchyard of Church of St Mary Magdalene 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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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