Higham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 2018. Memorial.
Higham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- roaming-baluster-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pendle
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Higham War Memorial, St John the Evangelist Churchyard, Higham Hall Road, Burnley, Lancashire, Higham-With-West Close Booth, BB12 9EU
- OS grid reference
- SD 810 365
- Coordinates
- 53.82522, -2.2897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higham War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with additions for the Second World War. It is situated in the churchyard south of the Grade II-listed Parish Church of St John the Evangelist and near the Grade II-listed School Adjacent to St John’s Church.
The memorial is made of Bolton Abbey stone and features a tall cross fleurée with a tapering shaft that rises from a three-stepped base. The south face of the cross and the upper part of the shaft are decorated with a carved interlacing foliate design, and all lettering is incised.
The main inscription is located on the south face of the upper step of the base, stating, "IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS VILLAGE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1919." Below this, the names of the nine men who died are listed across the four faces of the middle step of the base. A second inscription on the south face of the bottom step reads, "MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS IN GLORY EVERLASTING."
The dedication for the Second World War is found on the south face of the shaft, below the carved decoration, and reads, "1939 – 1945/ (5 NAMES)."
The memorial stands on a raised stone platform, with small square stone posts abutting the lower step of the base on the east and west sides.
Local climate
Higham 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.
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