Yealmpton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
Yealmpton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- calm-step-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Yealmpton War Memorial, Adjacent to St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Fore Street, Devon, PL8 2GZ
- OS grid reference
- SX 577 517
- Coordinates
- 50.34842, -4.00041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Yealmpton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of Cornish granite and is located prominently at the northern edge of St Bartholomew's churchyard, facing Fore Street.
To accommodate the memorial, part of the churchyard wall has been removed, creating a three-sided, stone-walled, open-fronted enclosure with a paved area.
The memorial features a simple wheel-head cross made of Cornish granite, which is positioned on a tapering plinth and a three-stepped base. The main inscription, crafted in leaded lettering, is located on the front (northern) face of the plinth and reads: "TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THE PARISH WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (18 NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS)."
Additionally, the front face of the upper step of the base includes another inscription: "ALSO IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (11 NAMES IN THREE COLUMNS)."
Local climate
Yealmpton War Memorial receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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