Hightown War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 2018. War memorial.
Hightown War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- frozen-casement-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SD 298 037
- Coordinates
- 53.52528, -3.05958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hightown War Memorial is a First World War memorial, created before 1927 by Trenwith Wills, featuring sculptural work by Herbert Tyson Smith. It consists of a tall, tapering cenotaph made of mellow red brick with sandstone dressings and slate plaques, set on a hexagonal platform that includes four shallow stair flights on the north, south, east, and west sides.
The cenotaph has a brick and ashlar base, with a tapering shaft above made of rusticated brickwork. At the top, it is crowned by a carved sandstone figure of a kneeling angel, who is placing a wreath while bowing its head and folding its wings. Each face of the shaft features a slate panel framed in ashlar, with raised heads and incised inscriptions highlighted in red.
The east face is particularly detailed, showcasing a large carved relief of the Royal crest on a shield, flanked by draped flags, sword hilts, and Brodie helmets, with a large unadorned cross positioned above and behind. The inscription on the east face reads "THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE," with the dates "1914-1919" carved on the base below. The plaques on the north and south faces list the names of those who were lost, while the plaque on the rear west face also bears names, along with the dates "1939-1945" carved below.
Local climate
Hightown War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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