Longdown War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 2016. War memorial.
Longdown War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- little-basalt-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Longdown War Memorial, Junction of Chapel Hill and Longdown Road, Devon, Holcombe Burnell, EX6 7SJ
- OS grid reference
- SX 865 911
- Coordinates
- 50.70849, -3.60868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Longdown War Memorial is a First World War memorial dating from around 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Constructed from granite with inset lead lettering, the memorial features a cross on a tapered shaft with a square section, set upon a stepped base and an octagonal plinth. It is located at a junction in the center of the village, facing east. The cross at the top has an incised central cross pattern, and the tapered shaft has moulded bands at both the top and bottom. The square plinth is inscribed with the words: "THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE. / 1914 – 1918." The names of the fallen are inscribed on the sides of the base. On the upper step of the octagonal plinth, the date "1939 – 1945" is inscribed, and the step below it bears the inscription: "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM." The names of those who fell in the Second World War are recorded on the sides of the upper step of the plinth.
Local climate
Longdown War Memorial receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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