Dean Prior War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2017. War memorial.
Dean Prior War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silent-pinnacle-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Dean Prior War Memorial, The Churchyard, St George's Church, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0LT
- OS grid reference
- SX 729 635
- Coordinates
- 50.45763, -3.79056
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dean Prior War Memorial is a 3-meter tall granite cross located in the churchyard of the Church of St George, which is a Grade I listed building. The memorial is situated immediately south of the lych gate and faces the A38 road. It features a Latin cross that is octagonal in shape, with slightly splayed cross arms. The cross is mounted on a shouldered pedestal that is square in plan, which in turn stands on a two-stepped octagonal base.
The main dedicatory inscription is incised into the front face of the pedestal. As of 2017, it was highly weathered but is reported to read: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND HONOUR OF THOSE WHO WENT AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 18." The names of three individuals commemorated by the memorial are recorded on the base.
Local climate
Dean Prior War Memorial receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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