Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 2016. War memorial.
Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- heavy-chapel-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke War Memorial, Promenade, Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 736 438
- Coordinates
- 50.28067, -3.7747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke War Memorial is a First World War memorial built between 1924 and 1925, with alterations made after the Second World War. It is constructed from stone, granite, and Italian marble.
The memorial features a statue of Hope, depicted with her anchor, which is set on a moulded and carved base. This base rests on a tall, square-section plinth that has a deeply-moulded cap and foot. The faces of the plinth are adorned with polished granite plaques that display inscriptions in gold lettering. These inscriptions read: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF KINGSBRIDGE AND DODBROOKE / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / AS A RESULT OF THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI," followed by the names of 68 soldiers who died in the conflict. The memorial also commemorates the 1939-1945 conflict, listing the names of 30 soldiers and 16 civilians who lost their lives during the Second World War. The memorial is situated on a three-stepped platform made of rough-faced granite, within an area of paving.
Local climate
Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke War Memorial receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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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