Winkleigh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 2019. War memorial.
Winkleigh War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-gallery-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Winkleigh War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Devon, EX19 8HL
- OS grid reference
- SS 632 080
- Coordinates
- 50.85559, -3.94476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Winkleigh War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by Herbert Read and unveiled in September 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
The memorial is located within the churchyard and is made of granite. It features a plain Latin cross with chamfered edges and broach stops at the foot of the shaft, set on a low, square pedestal. The base is octagonal with two steps, and there is a concrete apron surrounding it.
The main dedicatory inscription is in leaded lettering on the front (west) face of the pedestal, which reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF WINKLEIGH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919." The names of the fallen are listed on the north and south faces. The east face of the pedestal is inscribed: "IN REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES)."
Access to the memorial is via a short flight of steps that has a plain metal balustrade and handrail.
Local climate
Winkleigh War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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