Crimea Monument in Lancaster Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. War memorial.
Crimea Monument in Lancaster Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- eastward-shingle-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1995
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Crimea Monument in Lancaster Cemetery, Quernmore Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 491 619
- Coordinates
- 54.05117, -2.77758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crimea Monument in Lancaster Cemetery is a memorial dedicated to the soldiers and sailors from Lancaster and the surrounding area who died in the Crimean War. Erected around 1860, it is made of Carboniferous limestone and features an obelisk design. The monument stands on three deep steps and consists of a square plinth with a tapering shaft set on a square base. Each face of the plinth is adorned with a Grecian pediment. The west side of the shaft is inscribed with the word 'CRIMEA', while the plinth bears the inscription: 'TO THE IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, NATIVES OF LANCASTER AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WHO FELL IN THE RUSSIAN WAR, A.D. MDCCCLIV.V.VI. THIS MONUMENT ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS IS DEDICATED.' The names of the soldiers who died are inscribed on the other faces of the monument.
Local climate
Crimea Monument in Lancaster Cemetery sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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