South Molton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 2019. War memorial.
South Molton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stark-entrance-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- South Molton War Memorial, South Molton Town Cemetery, Mill Street, EX36 4AT
- OS grid reference
- SS 715 255
- Coordinates
- 51.01484, -3.83211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The South Molton War Memorial is a war memorial cross built in 1921. It is made from roughly-hewn grey granite and is located in the forecourt of the town cemetery, aligned with the central axis of the burial ground.
The memorial features a Celtic cross with a tapering square shaft that stands on a tapering plinth and an octagonal base consisting of three steps. The head of the cross is adorned with a relief moulding of an interweaving Celtic pattern.
On the north face of the plinth, the main inscription is in leaded lettering and reads: ‘IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE / FROM THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS”’. The other faces of the plinth list the 47 names of the fallen soldiers.
Additionally, there is a rectangular stone tablet at the foot of the memorial that commemorates those who died in the Second World War, inscribed with the years 1939-1945 and listing 23 names.
Local climate
South Molton War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 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 79% 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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