Huncoat War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 2015. War memorial.

Huncoat War Memorial

WRENN ID
high-brass-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hyndburn
Constituency
Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 February 2015
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
SD 779 303
Coordinates
53.76943, -2.33654
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Huncoat War Memorial is located on elevated ground on the southern side of the Recreation Ground. Standing nearly 5 meters tall, it features a stone Celtic cross raised on a plinth and set on a three-stepped base. The arms of the cross are adorned with an interlace pattern. Surrounding the memorial is a square area of sunken paving. Inscriptions and names are displayed on the plinth and the middle steps. The inscription honoring those lost in the First World War reads: "TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY/ PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION AD 1922/ IN ETERNAL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF HUNCOAT/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS."

Local climate

Huncoat War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Hill House Farmhouse Grade II 194 m
  2. Huncoat Hall and Attached Barn Grade II 355 m
  3. High Brake Hall Grade II 826 m
  4. Church of St Augustine (Of Hippo) Grade II 849 m
  5. Slate Pits Farmhouse Grade II 1.3 km
  6. Hapton Hall Farmhouse Grade II 1.5 km
  7. Canal Bridge (Altham Bridge) Grade II 1.6 km
  8. Shuttleworth Hall Grade I 1.9 km
  9. New High Riley Farmhouse and Attached Shippon and Barn Grade II 2.0 km
  10. High Riley Cottges Grade II 2.1 km