Peter Tavy War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 2018. War memorial.
Peter Tavy War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twisted-spindle-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Peter Tavy War Memorial, St Peter's Church, Tavistock, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 513 777
- Coordinates
- 50.58044, -4.10152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Peter Tavy War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of rock-hewn granite and features ashlar panels at the base that list the names of the fallen with inset lead lettering. The memorial has a square cross and shaft, with a hexagonal base that includes a hexagonal plinth and enclosure bordered by curb stones. A flat stone tablet extends from the base of the cross to the edge of the enclosure, recording the names of those who fell in the Second World War.
The cross is plain, with a Latin head and a tapered shaft. The octagonal base is sharply tapered and has a recessed ashlar panel on each side, each recording the name of one of the fallen. An inscription runs around the riser of the base, stating: ‘IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / THOSE OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919.’ The trapezoidal flat stone, which lists the names of the fallen from the Second World War, is inscribed with ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD’ at the top and ‘1939 – 1945’ below.
Local climate
Peter Tavy 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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