Throwleigh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 2019. War memorial.
Throwleigh War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- steep-soffit-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Throwleigh War Memorial, Church of St Mary, Devon, West Devon, EX20 2HU
- OS grid reference
- SX 667 907
- Coordinates
- 50.70127, -3.88776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Throwleigh War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes later additions. It is constructed of granite and features a plain Latin cross with a gently tapering octagonal shaft, set on a two-tiered rectangular plinth and a single-stepped square base.
The main inscription, in leaded lettering on the lower tier of the plinth, reads on the west face: "TO THE GLORY OF THE UNDIVIDED TRINITY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR A.D. 1914-1918." The north face states: "ETERNAL REST GRANT TO THEM O LORD, AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM." The east face includes: "PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR ESPECIALLY" followed by two names. The upper tier of the east face is inscribed with "VIA CRUCIS." The south face bears the inscription: "HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD PRAY FOR US SINNERS NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH AMEN." Additionally, the upper tier of the plinth has an inscription on the south face that reads: "1939" followed by two names and "1945."
Local climate
Throwleigh War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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