War memorial west of St Andrew's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 2018. War memorial.

War memorial west of St Andrew's Church

WRENN ID
still-doorway-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 2018
Type
War memorial
Address
War memorial west of St Andrew's Church, War Memorial West of the Church of St Andrew, Moretonhampstead, Devon, Teignbridge, TQ13 8LL
OS grid reference
SX 755 860
Coordinates
50.66111, -3.76274
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, located west of St Andrew's Church, was built around 1922 to commemorate the First World War. It is made of granite and features a Latin cross that stands on a tapering, square-section plinth. This plinth is positioned on a two-stepped platform. The front face of the plinth bears an inscription that reads: "A SYMBOL OF VICTORY / AND A MEMORIAL OF THE MEN / OF MORETONHAMPSTEAD / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'."

Local climate

War memorial west of St Andrew's Church receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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