Bere Alston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2017. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Bere Alston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- north-moat-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bere Alston War Memorial, Station Road, Bere Ferrers, PL20 7EJ
- OS grid reference
- SX 446 668
- Coordinates
- 50.48046, -4.19105
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bere Alston War Memorial is located outside Bere Alston Parish Hall. It is a tall granite wheel-head cross that rises from a tapering square plinth, which is set on a three-stepped base and circular platform. The middle step features a low metal railing designed to hold wreaths and floral tributes.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." This inscription includes nine names. Additional names are listed on the sides of the plinth. On the rear of the plinth, there is a dedication to New Zealand soldiers that states: "IN MEMORY OF THE NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT AT BERE FERRERS STATION ON SEPTEMBER 24TH 1917," which includes ten names.
At the front of the memorial, a tablet shaped like a scrolled roll of honour is positioned on the lowest steps of the base. Its inscription reads: "WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN.'" All inscriptions are made with applied metal letters.
Local climate
Bere Alston War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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