Holne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 2018. War memorial.
Holne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- open-terrace-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Holne War Memorial, C20m to the East of the South Porch of St Mary's Church, St Mary's Churchyard, the Village, Newton Abbot, South Hams, TQ13 7SL
- OS grid reference
- SX 705 694
- Coordinates
- 50.51076, -3.82645
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Holne War Memorial is a tall granite cross located in the churchyard, just southeast of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, which is a Grade I listed building. It is also near other Grade II-listed structures, including a possibly late-medieval cross.
The memorial features a plain Latin cross that is octagonal in shape with short, tapered arms. This cross rises from a slim pedestal, which is set upon a three-stage plinth. The plinth is elevated by a three-stepped base, with the plinth stages being octagonal in plan and the base steps square.
The main dedicatory inscription is displayed on the front three faces of the pedestal, stating: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF HOLNE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR." The dates 1914 – 1918 are inscribed on the upper stage of the plinth. The middle stage of the plinth, which is an older socket-stone possibly from the nearby earlier cross, bears the inscription "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT ECCLUS 44-13," with each word on a separate face.
The names of those commemorated from the First World War are listed on the front three faces of the bottom plinth stage, while a later name from the Second World War is recorded on the riser of the upper step of the base, reading "1939 – 1945/ (NAME)." Additionally, an inscription on the front face of this upper step states "ERECTED BY GRATEFUL PARISHIONERS." All inscriptions are made with applied metal letters.
Local climate
Holne 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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