Lydford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 2017. War memorial.
Lydford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-garret-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Lydford War Memorial, Rowell Cross, Okehampton, Devon, West Devon, EX20 4AT
- OS grid reference
- SX 512 851
- Coordinates
- 50.64663, -4.10464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lydford War Memorial is a granite structure located at Rowell Cross, at a road junction. It is approximately 4 meters tall and takes the form of a Latin cross with a rectangular cross section, rising from a three-stepped octagonal base. The steps of the base are chamfered, as are the edges of the cross.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the upper step reads: "TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING, COUNTRY AND FREEDOM/ 1914 – 1918." On the left face, there is a dedication for the Second World War that states: "WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945." The two later dedications on the right face read: "FALKLANDS/ 1982/ IRAQ/ 2003." The names of those commemorated are listed below on the corresponding faces of the middle step. All inscriptions are in applied metal lettering and follow a consistent format.
The memorial is surrounded by a small area paved with granite sets and kerbing.
Local climate
Lydford 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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