Boer Wall Memorial Approximately 40 Metres North of Chapel of Sedbergh School is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1999. War memorial.

Boer Wall Memorial Approximately 40 Metres North of Chapel of Sedbergh School

WRENN ID
fallow-basalt-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1999
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
SD 657 918
Coordinates
54.32079, -2.52746
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Boer War Memorial, located approximately 40 meters north of the Chapel at Sedbergh School, is a war memorial likely built between 1902 and 1905. It honors eight former pupils of Sedbergh School who lost their lives in the Second South African War (1899-1902). The memorial is constructed from red sandstone and features a square plan. It has a four-step plinth with a square base that includes a lettered panel on each side. The shaft is square and tapered, with chamfered corners and a chamfered cornice topped by a wheel cross. Each panel on the base displays two bands of raised lettering in the Arts-and-Crafts style, listing the names and units of the fallen along with the dates and places of their deaths, including one individual who was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Local climate

Boer Wall Memorial Approximately 40 Metres North of Chapel of Sedbergh School sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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