Calderbridge War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 2018. Memorial.
Calderbridge War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- idle-ember-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Calderbridge War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Bridget, A595 Calder Bridge, Cumbria, Ponsonby, Cumberland, CA20 1DN
- OS grid reference
- NY 041 060
- Coordinates
- 54.44062, -3.47909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Calderbridge War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of red sandstone and is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Bridget, along the A595 in Calderbridge, Cumbria. The memorial is prominently positioned south of the church entrance, facing the main road junction in the center of the hamlet.
The structure features a red sandstone wheel-head Celtic cross, which has stylised relief-carved strap- and ball-work on both the cross and the shaft. At the base of the shaft, there is a dedication in relief-carved lettering, which sits atop a tapering four-sided plinth that also includes relief-carved inscriptions. This is set on a narrow two-stepped square base.
The inscription, also in relief-carved lettering, reads: "IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ST BRIDGET'S PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 – 1919 (NAMES) THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE ECCLUS.XLIV.14 IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 (NAMES)."
Local climate
Calderbridge War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 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 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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