Frithelstock War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 2016. War memorial.
Frithelstock War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallen-soffit-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Frithelstock War Memorial, Village Green, Devon, EX38 8JH
- OS grid reference
- SS 464 194
- Coordinates
- 50.95431, -4.18796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Frithelstock War Memorial is a granite memorial cross located on the village green, opposite the Grade I-listed Church of St Mary and St Gregory and the scheduled and Grade I-listed Ruins of Priory Church (Frithelstock Priory). The memorial features a three-stepped square base topped with a rough-hewn granite plinth and a plain Latin cross.
It is dedicated to local men who served during the First and Second World Wars, with painted and leaded inscriptions on the plinth and the first step of the base. The main dedicatory inscription reads "IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (7 NAMES)" and on the base "WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (1 NAME)." Lists of names of those who served in the First World War and returned are displayed on either side of the plinth under the heading "ROLL OF HONOUR."
In front of the memorial, five granite steps ascend from the road, accompanied by rubble stone retaining walls that support metal handrails. These additional features are not considered of special interest.
Local climate
Frithelstock War Memorial receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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