Torpenhow War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 2019. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Torpenhow War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- last-tracery-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Torpenhow War Memorial, St Michael's Churchyard, Cumbria, Blennerhasset and Torpenhow, CA7 1HZ
- OS grid reference
- NY 205 398
- Coordinates
- 54.7469, -3.2356
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Torpenhow War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921 by Messrs Beattie and Co from Carlisle, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of Aberdeen granite and is prominently located in front of the west wall of the Church of St Michael. The memorial features an ashlar granite wheel head Celtic cross, with the main side facing south, adorned with intricate Celtic strap-work decoration that extends down onto the tapering shaft. The shaft stands on a low stepped plinth with rounded upper surfaces and is set within a square gravel bed bordered by raised kerbstones. The front of the memorial includes an inscription in lead letters listing 18 names and reads: "PRO DEO, PRO REGE, PRO PATRIA/ IN MEMORY OF OUR GALLANT DEAD/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918." The rear side is plain and displays a list in lead letters of 11 names of those who fell in the Second World War, along with the date "1939 - 1945."
Local climate
Torpenhow 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 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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