Hatherleigh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 2018. A C20 Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Hatherleigh War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- grey-bastion-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Hatherleigh War Memorial, The Churchyard, Church of St John the Baptist, Market Street, Okehampton, EX20 3JN
- OS grid reference
- SS 541 045
- Coordinates
- 50.82226, -4.07247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hatherleigh War Memorial is a tall granite structure located in the churchyard, south of the Church of St John the Baptist, which is a Grade I listed building. It is also near several other Grade II listed buildings and churchyard monuments. The memorial features a wheel-head cross that stands on a large square plinth, which is elevated on a three-stepped base resting on a substantial concrete foundation.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth states: "TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." The names of those commemorated from the First World War are listed on either side of the plinth.
Additionally, there is a later dedication for the Second World War inscribed on the front face of the upper step of the base, which reads: "TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945," with seven names recorded below on the middle step.
Local climate
Hatherleigh War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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