Stokenham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 2019. War memorial.
Stokenham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- young-vault-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Stokenham War Memorial, Church of St Michael &Amp; All Angels, Devon, TQ7 2ST
- OS grid reference
- SX 808 428
- Coordinates
- 50.27328, -3.67384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stokenham War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1921 and later altered to honor those who fell in the Second World War. It is made from granite and is located within the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, which is a Grade I listed building. The memorial stands next to the south door of the church and is close to the Grade II listed walls, railings, gate-piers, gates, and overthrow surrounding the churchyard.
The memorial is 2.75 meters high and features a tall granite Latin cross with chamfered edges, positioned on a square plinth with rounded corners, which in turn rests on a three-stepped octagonal base.
The main inscription is located on the north face of the plinth in leaded lettering and reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the east and west sides of the plinth. On the south face of the plinth, there is an additional inscription that states: "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE."
An extra inscription has been added to the north face of the upper step of the base, which reads: "AND OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945." The names of the Second World War fallen are recorded on the two adjacent faces of the upper step.
Local climate
Stokenham 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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