Dolton War Memorial, including memorial cross and garden walls, railings, gate piers, and gate is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 2017. War memorial.
Dolton War Memorial, including memorial cross and garden walls, railings, gate piers, and gate
- WRENN ID
- drifting-hammer-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Dolton War Memorial, including memorial cross and garden walls, railings, gate piers, and gate, Junction of Fore Street and South Street, Winkleigh, Devon, EX19 8QS
- OS grid reference
- SS 571 121
- Coordinates
- 50.89099, -4.03286
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dolton War Memorial, which includes a memorial cross and surrounding garden walls, railings, gate piers, and a gate, is located in a small garden enclosure at the junction of South Street and Fore Street. This area features several other Grade II-listed buildings. The memorial consists of a 3-meter tall wheel-head cross made of Dartmoor granite, which is set on a square pedestal that rests on a square base. The main dedicatory inscription on the front of the pedestal reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918 (NAMES)." The names of those commemorated are listed by regiment or service, with additional names from the Second World War noted on one side.
The garden is enclosed by a coped wall made of Dolton stone, topped with hoop-topped iron railings, except at the rear where the wall is higher than the garden's lawn and is not railed. Access to the cross is provided by a set of steps that lead up from the garden gate, which is also made of hoop-topped rails with dog rails, and is supported by stone piers topped with pyramidal caps.
Local climate
Dolton War Memorial, including memorial cross and garden walls, railings, gate piers, and gate 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 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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