Walton-le-Dale War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Ribble local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 2017. A 20th century War memorial.
Walton-le-Dale War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rusted-threshold-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ribble
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Walton-le-Dale War Memorial, Church of Our Lady and St Patrick's Churchyard, Higher Walton Road, Preston, PR5 4HD
- OS grid reference
- SD 562 279
- Coordinates
- 53.74587, -2.66475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Walton-le-Dale War Memorial is a First World War memorial with additions for the Second World War, built in 1920. It is made of Portland stone and is located within a small enclosure at the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Patrick.
The memorial features a carved, pedimented crucifix that rises from a rectangular classical plinth, which is set upon a low, square base. The dedication is inscribed on a slate panel in the center of the plinth, stating:
"ERECTED/TO THE MEN /OF THIS/ PARISH/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY/IN THE/ GREAT WAR."
Below this is a depiction of an Alisee Patee cross, accompanied by the inscription:
"ETERNAL/REST GRANT/UNTO THEM/O’LORD/AND LET/PERPETUAL/LIGHT SHINE/UPON THEM."
The memorial lists the names of 29 individuals who fell in the First World War and 13 who fell in the Second World War, inscribed on slate panels fixed to the right and left sides in single columns by surname and date of death. Additional slate panels have been added to the base, which also features a small stone urn fixed in front of the right panel.
Local climate
Walton-le-Dale War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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