Queen Victoria Memorial Cross, Queen's Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 2012. Memorial.
Queen Victoria Memorial Cross, Queen's Garden
- WRENN ID
- crooked-flue-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 2012
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Queen Victoria Memorial Cross, Queen's Garden, Station Road, Sedbergh, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 649 917
- Coordinates
- 54.32053, -2.53972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Queen Victoria Memorial Cross, located in Queen's Garden, is a tall Anglo-Celtic cross made of sandstone and stands 5 meters high. It features a slightly tapering rectangular shaft set on a shaped plinth that bears the name "H T MILES, ULVERSTON." The cross head is adorned with bosses that have crosshatch decoration, and all sides display interlace decoration. The front and rear of the cross are elaborately carved with interlace and strap work, featuring a central panel of foliate decoration.
On the north face, there is an inscription that reads: "VICTORIA, QUEEN, EMPRESS/ 1837-1901/ REVERED, BELOVED, REMEMBERED." The south face contains another inscription that states: "THESE GROUNDS/ WERE LAID OUT AND/ PRESENTED TO THE/ TOWN OF SEDBERGH/ AS A LASTING MEMORIAL OF THE/ GLORIOUS REIGN OF/ QUEEN VICTORIA/ BY HER FAITHFUL/ SUBJECT/ FLORENCE ANNE/ UPTON-COTTRELL-DORMER."
Local climate
Queen Victoria Memorial Cross, Queen's Garden 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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