Croston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Croston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ancient-parapet-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SD 491 184
- Coordinates
- 53.66016, -2.77115
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Croston War Memorial is a war memorial unveiled in 1920, with additions made for the Second World War. It is constructed from granite and features raised metal lettering.
The memorial has a two-tier base topped by a tapering plinth, which supports a shaft and a wheel cross. Both the shaft and cross are adorned on the front (west face) with a carved Celtic knot design and the dates of the First World War, 1914 and 1919. At the base of the shaft, there is a dedication that reads: "IN/ IMPERISHABLE/ MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF CROSTON/ WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME/ SACRIFICE/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 'THEIR NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE'." The names of those who fell are inscribed in recessed panels on the sides of the plinth. Additional plaques have been affixed to the base to honor the Fallen of the Second World War, including a dedication on the west face that states: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS," along with the names on the side returns.
Local climate
Croston War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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