Spreyton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 2019. War memorial.
Spreyton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ragged-trefoil-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Spreyton War Memorial, Church of St Michael, EX17 5AL
- OS grid reference
- SX 697 967
- Coordinates
- 50.75583, -3.84728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Spreyton War Memorial, dating from around 1920 or 1921, is constructed of Devon granite. It features a rough-hewn Latin cross with a tapering square shaft and a three-stepped base. The main inscription, made with leaded lettering on the middle step of the base, reads: "IN MEMORY OF THE HEROIC DEAD, WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED IN THE CHURCH."
Local climate
Spreyton War Memorial receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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