Tarleton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 2016. War memorial.
Tarleton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dim-hearth-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- Southport MP: Patrick Hurley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Tarleton War Memorial, Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, PR4 6UQ
- OS grid reference
- SD 451 204
- Coordinates
- 53.67765, -2.83219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tarleton War Memorial is located on the north side of Holy Trinity Church and is made of limestone. It stands approximately 4.1 meters high and features a fleur-de-lis cross with the ‘HIS’ Christogram carved in relief at the center of the cross arms. The cross is mounted on an oblong, chamfered, tapering shaft, which rests on an ornate plinth topped with a moulded cornice and regular rounded corbels.
The octagonal plinth is adorned with gothic tracery, featuring paired trefoils and quatrefoil rosettes of alternating designs, all carved in relief. Four of the eight faces of the plinth are inscribed with dates and names related to conflicts. The octagonal, three-stepped base also includes a general dedication. All inscriptions are made with painted lead incised letters.
The base of the octagonal plinth lists the principal battles or campaigns of the First World War, inscribed one on each face. Starting from the western face, these are THE MARNE, YPRES, THE SOMME, SALONICA, GALLIPOLI, PALESTINE, MESOPOTAMIA, and MONS.
On the western face, the two steps forming the base have inscriptions; the upper step reads IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF TARLETON / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS / 1914 – 1919 1939 – 1945, while the lower step states THIS EMBLEM OF SACRIFICE / IS DEDICATED BY THEIR COMRADES / AND FELLOW PARISHIONERS.
Local climate
Tarleton War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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