Kingston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 2015. War memorial.
Kingston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sacred-granite-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Kingston War Memorial, The Churchyard of the Church of St James the Less, Devon, TQ7 4QE
- OS grid reference
- SX 634 477
- Coordinates
- 50.31409, -3.91858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kingston War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St James the Less church, near the back gate. It stands approximately 5 meters tall and is constructed of granite. The memorial features a plain Latin cross on a tapering square shaft, which rises from a small pedestal that sits on a tapering plinth. The plinth is supported by a two-stepped, octagonal base.
The front face of the pedestal is inscribed with "TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD" along with the names, regiments or ships, and dates of death of those who fell in the First World War, which are listed on the plinth below. An inscription on the uppermost step of the base reads "KINGSTON’S MEMORIAL TO HER SONS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS." The rear of the plinth includes an inscription for the Second World War, stating "SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945" followed by seven names, and "1956 MALAYA" with one name. All inscriptions are made with applied metal lettering painted black.
The memorial is enclosed by a small, square stone kerbed area that is surfaced with gravel.
Local climate
Kingston War Memorial receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% 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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