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Pilton
Town or City: Barnstaple
County: Devon
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM903
Value of grant: £500.00
Type of memorial: Non-Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2005
UKNIWM reference number: 46090
The war memorial in the Grade I listed church of St Mary in Pilton, Barnstaple, north Devon is a stained glass window set in the west wall. The window is divided by mullions into four vertical lights and the tracery at the top contains another twelve lights. At the bottom of each vertical light is depicted the head of a member of the services, namely a sailor, a soldier, an airman and a nurse. Above these, in the two middle lights, is an illustration of the crucifixion. St Nicholas, patron saint of sailors, is in the left hand light and St Alban, martyr and soldier, in the right hand one.
By 2001 the window needed considerable and expensive conservation, and in March 2005 War Memorials Trust gave £500 towards work to repair the leadwork, 
tracery and stone mullions of the window and to repair the exterior and interior west wall surrounding the memorial including repairing pipework that carries away rainwater. The work involved removing all the glass from the windows so that the mullions could be repaired.
After the extensive work was completed the window was re-dedicated on 17th October 2005 by the Archdeacon of Barnstaple.
The window had been re-glazed in 1920 to commemorate the fallen of Pilton. The brass plate below the window carries 39 names of men who died in the Great War.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM903
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 46090
St Mary's Church is listed building number 485778
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
