Totnes War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 2018. War memorial.
Totnes War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- long-chimney-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Totnes War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Mary's Church, High Street, Devon, TQ9 5NN
- OS grid reference
- SX 802 604
- Coordinates
- 50.43167, -3.68793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Totnes War Memorial is located in front of and to the east side of the south porch of the Church of St Mary, which is a Grade I-listed building. It is framed by other listed buildings, including 15 High Street, which is Grade II-listed, and Church House, which is Grade II*-listed. Behind the memorial is the scheduled site of Totnes Priory.
This granite memorial is a version of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cross of Sacrifice, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. It features a bronze reversed sword on the front face of the tall cross. The memorial has a two-stage plinth that is octagonal in shape and includes inscriptions made with applied metal letters. It stands on top of an octagonal granite step, and the tread of the lower base stage has a slightly projecting lip for placing wreaths and floral tributes.
The main dedicatory inscription on the upper stage reads "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE 103 TOTNES MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1918." The names of those commemorated are listed alphabetically around the other faces of the memorial. The later dedication on the lower stage states "AND OF THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR. 1939-1945," with names also recorded alphabetically.
Local climate
Totnes War Memorial receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings