Brentor War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 2017. Memorial.
Brentor War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- errant-cobble-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Brentor War Memorial, C120m North-West of Christ Church, Station Road, North Brentor, Devon, West Devon, PL19 0LR
- OS grid reference
- SX 481 814
- Coordinates
- 50.61284, -4.14806
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brentor War Memorial is a granite structure located at the road junction in the center of North Brentor, directly facing Christ Church, which is approximately 120 meters to the south-east. The memorial features a slim Latin cross with a hexagonal section, rising from a small pedestal. This pedestal is set on a deep, two-stepped base, with each step having a narrow cornice designed for laying wreaths and floral tributes.
The main dedicatory inscription is found on a cast bronze plaque on the south-east facing side of the pedestal. It reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ & IN UNDYING MEMORY OF/ BRAVE MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918." The names of those commemorated from the First World War are listed on similar plaques on either side of the pedestal, while the name from the later Second World War is recorded in applied metal lettering on the north-west face.
Additionally, a small timber bench is positioned against the south-east side of the memorial.
Local climate
Brentor 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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