Rainow War Memorial Cross and Seat is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Rainow War Memorial Cross and Seat
- WRENN ID
- under-roof-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Rainow War Memorial Cross and Seat, Memorial Garden, Tower Hill, Cheshire, Cheshire East, SK10 5TX
- OS grid reference
- SJ 948 757
- Coordinates
- 53.27912, -2.07918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rainow War Memorial Cross and Seat is located in a small garden on the south side of Tower Hill, opposite the Grade II-listed Tower Hill Farm buildings. The memorial cross, made of Kerridge stone, stands approximately 6 meters tall and features a small wheel-head cross atop a tapered octagonal shaft. The shaft has a moulded and decorated foot that rests on a tapering pedestal, which is set on a two-stage base that sits on a low step.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front of the pedestal reads, "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF RAINOW WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." The names of those commemorated from the First World War are listed on the other sides of the pedestal.
Behind the memorial cross, in the rear of the garden, is a substantial seat also made of Kerridge stone. This seat consists of a rectangular bay of coursed stone walling, with internal stone benching along the rear and sides. The bay wall is modulated from the center and capped. A stone plaque embedded in the rear wall commemorates the Second World War, stating, "IN PROUD & HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF RAINOW WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 45" followed by seven names.
Local climate
Rainow War Memorial Cross and Seat sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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