Cleator Moor War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 2018. War memorial.
Cleator Moor War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- open-column-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cleator Moor War Memorial, Church of St John the Evangelist, Leconsfield Street, Cumbria, CA25 5QA
- OS grid reference
- NY 014 153
- Coordinates
- 54.52367, -3.52341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cleator Moor War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1922, with additions for the Second World War. Made from pink granite, it is located in the churchyard of the Grade II-listed Church of St John the Evangelist, prominently positioned in front of the east end of the church facing the roadside.
The memorial features a Celtic cross with carved knot work at the top, set on a tapering shaft that rises from a four-sided plinth and a single-stepped base. At the foot of the memorial, there is a small tablet dedicated to the Second World War.
The lower shaft and plinth display inscriptions in leaded lettering: on the east face, "FOR GOD – KING AND COUNTRY 1914 -1918" followed by names; the west, north, and south faces also bear names. In front of the east face, a tablet reads: "IN GRACIOUS MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1939-1945."
The memorial is enclosed by a low kerb wall with eight square posts.
Local climate
Cleator Moor War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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