St Marie of the Annunciation War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 2015. War memorial.
St Marie of the Annunciation War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- western-chalk-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- St Marie of the Annunciation War Memorial Cross, Churchyard of the Church of St Marie of the Annunciation, Almond Brook Road, Standish, WN6 0TB
- OS grid reference
- SD 556 099
- Coordinates
- 53.58458, -2.67072
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The St Marie of the Annunciation War Memorial Cross is a stone memorial featuring a Celtic cross with the figure of Christ crucified. The wheel-head of the cross is inscribed with the phrase "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES." At the base of the cross shaft, there is a wreath carved in relief. The cross shaft is supported by a square, splayed pedestal and plinth.
On the front of the pedestal, there is an inscription in applied metal lettering that reads: "LORD HAVE MERCY ON THE SOULS OF/ (13 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1918/ AND TO CHERISH WHOSE MEMORY THIS CROSS IS/ ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW-PARISHIONERS & FRIENDS./ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE. AMEN." The side of the pedestal also features an inscription in applied metal lettering that states: "HAVE MERCY ALSO O LORD/ ON THE SOULS OF/ (11 NAMES)/ WHO DIED IN THE 1939-1945 WAR/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE."
Local climate
St Marie of the Annunciation 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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