Irthington war memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 2019. War memorial.
Irthington war memorial
- WRENN ID
- dim-rampart-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Irthington war memorial, St Kentigern Churchyard, Church Close, Cumbria, CA6 4PB
- OS grid reference
- NY 498 616
- Coordinates
- 54.94691, -2.78449
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Irthington war memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1922, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of grey granite and features lead lettering. The memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Kentigern, prominently positioned at a road junction. It is designed as a wheel head cross with knot work carving, and the dates 1914-18 are carved in relief on the cross head and upper part of a tapering shaft. This shaft stands on a plinth with a single-stepped base. The lower shaft and the plinth display an inscription in leaded lettering that reads: "1914 - 18// (NAMES)// IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO DIED FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR, THIS CROSS/ WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS// ALSO/ IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED DURING/ THE 1939-1945 WAR/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Irthington war memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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