Blackawton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 2017. War memorial.
Blackawton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gentle-joist-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Blackawton War Memorial, Main Street, Devon, TQ9 7BG
- OS grid reference
- SX 805 509
- Coordinates
- 50.34645, -3.67985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blackawton War Memorial is located in a paved area on the south side of Main Street, east of Churchgate House and the Church of St Michael, both of which are listed buildings, along with several monuments in the churchyard. The memorial features a small Latin cross made of granite, which is raised on a small pedestal. This pedestal is set on a broad granite plinth, which in turn rests on a large block of coursed rubble walling that has a chamfered top.
On the front face of the pedestal, there is a dedication for the Second World War that reads: 1939 – 1945, listing four names. Below this, on the plinth, is a dedication for the First World War that states: IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN, 1914 - 1919, with ten names listed. All inscriptions are made with applied metal letters.
The memorial is surrounded by a low stone wall, which has an opening at the front flanked by low piers, facing the street.
Local climate
Blackawton 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% 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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