War Memorial in St Andrew's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 2016. War memorial.
War Memorial in St Andrew's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- lone-pediment-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Street, Wiveliscombe, Taunton, TA4 2NB
- OS grid reference
- ST 082 276
- Coordinates
- 51.04114, -3.30992
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in St Andrew's Churchyard is a First World War memorial erected in 1920. It is made from Cornish granite and features a Celtic cross on a square shaft, which is mounted on a three-stepped octagonal base. The cross-head has a carved representation of the Crucifixion at its center. At the base of the shaft, there is a relief carving of a crown and a laurel wreath, symbols of victory. On the upper step, the inscription reads: 1914 GREAT WAR 1919. The three front (north) faces of the middle step bear the inscription: "THEY WHOM THIS CROSS COMMEMORATES ARE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO AT THE / CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS / FACED DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN, BY / THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR / OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. LET THOSE WHO COME / AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEY BE NOT FORGOTTEN."
Local climate
War Memorial in St Andrew's Churchyard 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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