War Memorial Approximately 5 Metres North of Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. War memorial.
War Memorial Approximately 5 Metres North of Christ Church
- WRENN ID
- watchful-quoin-merlin
- 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
- OS grid reference
- SD 484 614
- Coordinates
- 54.04601, -2.78851
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, built around 1920, is located approximately 5 metres north of Christ Church on Wyresdale Road in Lancaster. It is made of sandstone and features an octagonal plinth set against a sloping bank. The west side of the plinth is inscribed with the words: '1914 - 1919 IN LASTING MEMORY OF GLORIOUS DEEDS AND NOBLE ENDURANCE'. Above the plinth are two octagonal steps that support a square base, which is adorned with crocketed diagonal buttresses.
On the west side of the base, there is a carved crucifix with the inscription: 'For all Mankind'. The east side features a carving of a child and two standing figures, inscribed with the words: 'Lent to the Lord'. The south side bears the inscription: 'I am the resurrection and the life', while the north side is inscribed: 'AMDG in honour of the Parishioners of Christ Church who gave their lives for King and Country in the Worlds War 1914-1919'. The memorial is topped with a tapering octagonal shaft that has a foliated capital supporting a cross fleury.
Local climate
War Memorial Approximately 5 Metres North of Christ Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 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 97% 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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