Yealand War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 2015. War memorial.
Yealand War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- shifting-roof-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Yealand War Memorial, Footeran Lane, Yealand Conyers, Lancashire, the Yealands, LA5 9SU
- OS grid reference
- SD 503 752
- Coordinates
- 54.17024, -2.76223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Yealand War Memorial is located on the west side of Footeran Lane, opposite the Primary School, marking the boundary between the parishes of Yealand Conyers and Yealand Redmayne. It is enclosed on the west side by a semi-circular drystone wall, and the area is cobbled.
Constructed from local stone, the tall memorial features a Latin cross with splayed ends, set on a tapering shaft. The front face of the cross is slightly recessed. The shaft rises from an irregular stone plinth, which is positioned on a square, two-stepped base. At the front of the memorial, on the bottom step, there is a small stone flower holder.
The enclosure wall contains irregularly-shaped stones with inscriptions carved in relief. On the left side, there are four names; in the upper center, it reads "IN MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1914-1919"; in the lower center, it notes "1939 – 1945" followed by two names; and on the right side, there are three names.
Additionally, a circular stone plaque on the front of the plinth is inscribed with "IN/ MEMORY OF/ LIVES LOST/ 1914-18 – 1939-45/ AND/ HOPE/ FOR ETERNAL/ PEACE." This dedication is surrounded by the names of the parishes carved in low relief.
Local climate
Yealand War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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