Holsworthy War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 2017. War memorial.
Holsworthy War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- spare-ashlar-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Holsworthy War Memorial, The Churchyard, the Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, North Road, Devon, EX22 6EJ
- OS grid reference
- SS 343 038
- Coordinates
- 50.81089, -4.35253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Holsworthy War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, which is a Grade II*-listed building. It stands to the south of the church tower and near several other Grade II-listed structures. The memorial features a tall wheel-head cross made of Cornish granite, enclosed by a chained area marked by granite posts.
The wheel-head cross is adorned with intricate carved interlace patterns on both the cross head and the shaft. The shaft rises from a tapering pedestal, which is set on a two-stepped granite base. Surrounding the cross are 11 pyramidal granite posts that support a pair of chains, with an entrance on the east side.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal reads: "ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918, BY THE PARISHIONERS OF HOLSWORTHY (NAMES)." Below this, on the front face of the upper step, is the inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
On the rear face of the pedestal is a later dedication, which states: "IN MEMORY OF (NAMES) WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE 1939 – 45 WAR GIVE UNTO THY SERVANTS THAT PEACE WHICH THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE."
Local climate
Holsworthy War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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