Hawkshead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 2017. War memorial.
Hawkshead War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stony-clay-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hawkshead War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, South Lakeland, Cumbria, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 0NT
- OS grid reference
- SD 352 980
- Coordinates
- 54.37426, -2.99883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hawkshead War Memorial is made of sandstone and is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, which is a Grade I listed building. The memorial features a Celtic-style wheel-head cross. The front of the cross is adorned with carved Scandinavian interlace designs surrounding a central boss at the top. It stands on a rectangular tapered shaft that also displays Scandinavian interlace designs, depicting the patron saint, St George, as he defeats a dragon. The dragon's coils are transformed into interlace, yet St George manages to spear its open mouth.
On the shaft, there is an inscription in relief, crafted in a Celtic-style script, which reads: "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF HAWKSHEAD WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914 – 1918" followed by names. The rear of the cross and shaft features similar carved interlace designs, including a cross, with another inscription at the base of the shaft in Celtic-style script that states: "LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN 1939 – 1945" along with names. The sides of the memorial are also decorated with carved interlace designs. The shaft is mounted on a rectangular base with three steps.
Local climate
Hawkshead War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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