Selworthy War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 2016. War memorial.
Selworthy War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- tall-doorway-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Selworthy War Memorial Cross, C40m to the West of the Church of All Saints, Somerset, TA24 8TP
- OS grid reference
- SS 919 468
- Coordinates
- 51.21028, -3.54833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Selworthy War Memorial Cross is a tall stone memorial located on a raised paved platform at the roadside, to the west of the Church of All Saints, which is a Grade I-listed building. It is also near several Grade II-listed buildings within the Holnicote Estate, managed by the National Trust. The memorial features an equal-armed cross atop a tapering shaft, which stands on an octagonal pedestal, resting on an octagonal two-stepped base.
The memorial is dedicated to those who served in the First World War, with a bronze plaque on the front face of the upper step that reads "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT WAR" followed by eight names, with the dates 1914 and 1918 on either side of the names. A second plaque on the front face of the lower step commemorates the Second World War, repeating the dedication and listing the dates 1939 and 1945 beside the names.
Local climate
Selworthy War Memorial Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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