Cenotaph is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 2000. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Cenotaph
- WRENN ID
- worn-storey-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 2000
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SD 736 061
- Coordinates
- 53.55149, -2.39863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Farnworth Cenotaph is a war memorial built in 1924, designed by J. and H. Patterson of Manchester for the Farnworth Urban District Council. It features a column made of ashlar Stanton gritstone, which is topped by a bronze sculpture. The column has a tapered square shaft that rises from a deep plinth, which is set upon two octagonal stone steps. At the top of the shaft, there are laurel wreaths that symbolize victory and the reward for sacrifice. The stepped cap with a squared plinth supports a bronze sculpture of a female figure, who is crowned with laurel, blowing the Trumpet of Fame while holding a wreath. The front (south) face of the column's plinth has a rectangular plaque with the inscription "They died that we might live. 1914-1918." The other faces of the plinth feature panels that commemorate the fallen from both World Wars.
Local climate
Cenotaph sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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