War Memorial in Front of Church of St Ignatius is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1991. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

War Memorial in Front of Church of St Ignatius

WRENN ID
bitter-column-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1991
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial in Front of Church of St Ignatius, Meadow Street
OS grid reference
SD 541 298
Coordinates
53.76341, -2.69656
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial in front of the Church of St Ignatius is a parish memorial built in 1922 by J.S. Mangan of Preston, with statuary created by Hooper and Webb of Liverpool. Made from Portland stone and featuring bronze plaques, the rectangular monument stands 22 feet high and is designed in the form of a Calvary. The lower part of the memorial is tripartite, with diagonal buttresses, a moulded plinth, and a dado that projects forward at the center, leading up to an elaborate pedestal for the Crucifix. This is flanked by statues of a sailor and a soldier in mourning. The front of the dado includes a central arched panel with a carved head and crest, which holds a bronze panel with a dedication, along with cusped side panels that feature bronze plaques with figures in relief. The rear of the memorial has panels displaying bronze plaques that list 228 names.

Local climate

War Memorial in Front of Church of St Ignatius sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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