Princetown War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 2019. War memorial.
Princetown War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tired-quartz-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Princetown War Memorial, Junction of Tavistock Road and Station Cottages, West Devon, Dartmoor Forest, PL20 6QF
- OS grid reference
- SX 589 735
- Coordinates
- 50.54454, -3.99204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Princetown War Memorial is a First World War memorial cross that was unveiled in 1921, with later additions. It is constructed from Dartmoor granite and is located on the south side of Tavistock Road, 32 meters southeast of the Church of St Michael, which is listed as Grade II*.
The memorial features a 3.5-meter tall cross with chamfered edges, which is stopped towards the foot of the shaft. This cross stands on a two-stage plinth that is square in shape, raised on a two-stepped, octagonal base.
The main dedicatory inscription, made of applied metal lettering, is located on the front (north) face of the upper stage of the plinth. It reads: ‘IN PROUD, GRATEFUL, AND / HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / OF PRINCETOWN, WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE / OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING / THE GREAT WAR, 1914 – 1918’. The south face of the plinth is inscribed with the words "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE". The names of 33 fallen soldiers are listed on the other sides of the plinth.
The names of those who served in the First World War are also inscribed on the faces of the base below. The Second World War inscription is found on the front face of the upper step of the base, reading ‘1939 - 1945’ followed by four names. Additionally, the tread of the step below features the most recent inscription, ‘2001 – 2014’, followed by one name.
Surrounding the memorial is an octagonal granite cobble pavement, which is accented by eight low pyramidal corner posts, also made of granite, that support a chain.
Local climate
Princetown War Memorial receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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