Maypole to South West of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1985. Monument.

Maypole to South West of Church

WRENN ID
small-gargoyle-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1985
Type
Monument
Address
Maypole to South West of Church, Wasdale, Cumberland
OS grid reference
NY 124 040
Coordinates
54.42422, -3.35079
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The maypole, located to the south-west of the church, was erected in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. It features a chamfered sandstone plinth topped by a tapered cast-iron column that stands approximately 30 feet high. The column has a moulded, splayed base with a crown in low relief just above it, and it narrows above a collar, adorned with four foliate lugs. A brass plaque on the west side of the plinth is inscribed: "IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 60TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA 1837-1897."

Local climate

Maypole to South West of Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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