Horrabridge War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. War memorial.

Horrabridge War Memorial

WRENN ID
dusted-oriel-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Type
War memorial
Address
Horrabridge War Memorial, Junction of Walkhampton Road and Station Road, Devon, West Devon, PL20 7SE
OS grid reference
SX 512 696
Coordinates
50.50803, -4.09957
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Horrabridge War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, made of granite. It is prominently located facing the main road through the village, within a walled enclosure that is part of the churchyard boundary wall of the Church of St John the Baptist, which is also listed as Grade II*.

The memorial features a 1.5-meter high, plain granite wheel-head cross, with the head adorned with raised roundels. This cross is set on a tall trapezoidal plinth, which in turn rests on a two-stepped square base. The entire structure is situated on a paved area, with the front edged by granite kerbstones.

The main inscription is located on the front face of the plinth, crafted in leaded lettering. It reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE BRAVE MEN WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (16 NAMES)/ 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'."

Local climate

Horrabridge 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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