West Down War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2019. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
West Down War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lone-finial-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 2019
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- West Down War Memorial, St Calixtus Church, Church Pool, EX34 8NQ
- OS grid reference
- SS 515 420
- Coordinates
- 51.15841, -4.12359
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The West Down War Memorial is a First World War memorial dating from around 1920, constructed from granite. It is located about 40 meters north-west of the Church of St Calixtus, adjacent to the path.
The memorial features a plain Latin cross with chamfered edges, which is set atop a tall, square, five-stepped base. The main inscription in leaded lettering on the western face of the upper step reads:
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS OF WEST DOWN/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919.
On the western face of the second step, the names of ten men who fell in the First World War are listed in two columns, while twelve names are inscribed in three columns on the third step, beneath which is the inscription FIGHT A GOOD FIGHT.
Additionally, the southern face of the upper step bears the inscription:
ROBERT WILLIAM DAVIS/ WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939 - 1945.
Local climate
West Down 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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