War Memorial in churchyard of St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2017. A C20 Memorial.
War Memorial in churchyard of St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- ragged-parapet-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in churchyard of St Michael's Church, Churchyard of the Church of St Michael, St Michael's Hill, Milverton, TA4 1JS
- OS grid reference
- ST 121 258
- Coordinates
- 51.02566, -3.25436
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial located in the churchyard of St Michael's Church was erected in 1921 to commemorate those who lost their lives in the First World War, with additional inscriptions added after the Second World War. The memorial is made of granite and is positioned just inside the west gate of the churchyard. It features a Latin cross with decorative foliate ends on the arms, and a tapering, chamfered shaft that has broach stops at the lower part, set into a square plinth. The west face of the plinth has a relief inscription that reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-1919. 1939-1945." The names, ranks, and regiments of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the north and south sides, while the names of those who died in the Second World War are carved on the east side beneath the dates 1939-1945. The plinth rests on a three-stepped, octagonal base.
Local climate
War Memorial in churchyard of St Michael's Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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