Ashburton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 2018. War memorial.

Ashburton War Memorial

WRENN ID
third-jamb-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 2018
Type
War memorial
Address
Ashburton War Memorial, War Memorial at Junction of Dolbeare Road &Amp; East Street, Newton Abbot, Devon, Teignbridge, TQ13 7AL
OS grid reference
SX 759 700
Coordinates
50.51731, -3.75107
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ashburton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921 and altered after the Second World War. It is made of granite and features a plain Latin cross with chamfered edges. The cross has a tapering shaft and is positioned on a square plinth that rests on a three-stepped, octagonal base.

The plinth and base display plaques that list the names of those who fell, along with the inscription: "IN HONOURED MEMORY/ AND/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF 72 BRAVE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ ASHBURTON DEDICATES THIS MONUMENT/ THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY/ (NAMES)." There is an additional plaque that honors those from the town who lost their lives in the Second World War, stating: "IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THOSE OF THIS TOWN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45/ (NAMES)."

The base of the memorial is surrounded by low iron railings.

Local climate

Ashburton War Memorial receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% 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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