Walkhampton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2019. War memorial.
Walkhampton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rough-clay-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Walkhampton War Memorial, Devon, West Devon, PL20 6JR
- OS grid reference
- SX 533 696
- Coordinates
- 50.50835, -4.07003
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Walkhampton War Memorial is a war memorial erected around 1920. It is made of carved granite with inscriptions in lead lettering and is prominently located at the road junction in the center of the village of Walkhampton. The memorial features a Latin cross with an octagonal section, standing on a four-stepped octagonal base. This structure is set on an octagonal platform that is mostly covered by tarmac.
On the east face of the upper step of the base, there is an inscription that reads:
"TO THE VALOUR AND / DEVOTION OF THE MEN / OF THIS PARISH WHO / FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919, I STAND / TO BEAR PROUD AND / LASTING WITNESS."
The names, ranks, and regiments of the 15 men who died during the First World War are inscribed on the other seven faces of the upper step. Below this, an additional inscription states:
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO / MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / 1939 –1945."
The names of the seven men who died in the Second World War are listed on the south, west, and north faces of the memorial. On the south side, beneath the name of R F J Martin, there is a square granite vase with the inscription:
"IN LOVING MEMORY OF / OUR BELOVED SON / ROBERT F. J. MARTIN, RN / HMS GLOUCESTER."
Local climate
Walkhampton War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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