Instow War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2017. War memorial.

Instow War Memorial

WRENN ID
solitary-solder-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
Instow War Memorial, The Churchyard, C35m to the North-East of the Church, the Church of St John the Baptist, Bideford, EX39 4LU
OS grid reference
SS 480 310
Coordinates
51.05829, -4.17031
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Instow War Memorial is a Devon granite structure located on elevated ground in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, which is a Grade I listed building. It is situated near several Grade II-listed monuments and the lych gate. The memorial features a simple Latin cross that rises from a small square pedestal, which is set on a two-stepped octagonal base.

The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal states: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR." The names of those commemorated are inscribed on the other faces of the pedestal, with the names from the Second World War marked above the inscription "1939 - GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY – 1945."

Local climate

Instow War Memorial 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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