Sedbergh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 2011. War memorial.
Sedbergh War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- calm-lead-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 2011
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Sedbergh War Memorial, Finkle Street, South Lakeland, Cumbria, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 657 920
- Coordinates
- 54.32278, -2.52808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sedbergh War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure made of sandstone, featuring limestone tablets attached to its base. The memorial consists of a simple cross atop a slender, 2-meter high tapered shaft with stop-chamfered corners. The east face of the cross shaft is inscribed with the words "LAUS / DEO." This cross is mounted on a square base, which is set upon a larger square plinth.
On the east face of the base, there is an inscription that reads:
"REMEMBER THE MEN / of SEDBERGH TOWN who / COUNTING NOT their LIVES / DEAR unto THEMSELVES DIED / for FREEDOM and COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919."
Additionally, the base features tablets that list the 40 names of The Fallen of Sedbergh, while the north and south faces of the plinth bear the names of 19 men who died in the Second World War.
Local climate
Sedbergh War Memorial 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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