Petrockstowe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 2017. War memorial.
Petrockstowe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- idle-buttress-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Petrockstowe War Memorial, The Square, Brandise Hill, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 3HJ
- OS grid reference
- SS 513 091
- Coordinates
- 50.86271, -4.11345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Petrockstowe War Memorial is made of rough-hewn granite and is situated beside the entrance to the churchyard in The Square in Petrockstowe. The memorial features a Latin cross that rises on a tapering shaft, which is set on a three-stepped square base.
Three sides of the steps display inscriptions and names in lead lettering. The main dedication on the top step reads, "IN EVER/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ FOLLOWING PARISHIONERS/ WHO DIED FOR US IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918." The two steps below list names followed by the phrase "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The other faces of the steps also feature lists of names, with the phrases "THESE SERVED" and "THESE SUFFERED HURT." Additionally, a further dedication for the Second World War has been added, which reads "WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Petrockstowe War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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