Kenn War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 2016. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.

Kenn War Memorial

WRENN ID
leaning-barrel-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 2016
Type
War memorial
Address
Kenn War Memorial, St Andrew's Church, Devon, EX6 7UR
OS grid reference
SX 922 856
Coordinates
50.66051, -3.52637
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Kenn War Memorial is a First World War memorial that dates from 1921 and was altered after the Second World War. It is made of granite and features a tall stone cross with uneven surfaces, standing on an octagonal base that has four steps. The top three steps of the base are inscribed with the words, '1914 - 1918/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1939 - 1945'.

Local climate

Kenn War Memorial receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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