Northam War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 2018. War memorial.
Northam War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ragged-granite-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SS 448 287
- Coordinates
- 51.03716, -4.21435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Northam War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It was relocated to its current position between 1980 and 1995.
Constructed from ashlar stone, the memorial features a two-tiered base topped by a square, tapering pedestal. Atop the pedestal is a carved figure of Liberty, who holds a torch in her raised right hand. Surrounding the top of the pedestal is a biblical quote from Samuel 1:25:16: "THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US/ THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US/ BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY." Recessed panels on all sides of the pedestal display the names of the Fallen. On the north side of the pedestal, raised lettering states "NORTHAM WAR MEMORIAL/ 1914 - 1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." Additionally, chamfered stones added to the north side of the base list the names of parishioners who died in the Second World War along with the dates of that conflict.
Local climate
Northam 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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