Hensingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 2021. War memorial.
Hensingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-frieze-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 2021
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hensingham War Memorial, Egremont Road, Near Entrance to St John's Church, Cumbria, Whitehaven, CA28 8QR
- OS grid reference
- NX 986 166
- Coordinates
- 54.53506, -3.56854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hensingham War Memorial is a First World War memorial with a Second World War addition, built in 1925. It is made of Dalbeattie granite and bronze and has an octagonal plan form.
The memorial features a Celtic-style wheel-head cross on a shaft that has entasis. The front (east) face of the cross is adorned with carved Scandinavian knotwork interlace designs in the cross-head. The shaft is finely axed and has moulded edges, with a lead letter inscription at the bottom that reads: "TO THE MEN OF/HENSINGHAM PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918."
The shaft rises from a rough-hewn tapering plinth, which has a smooth recessed panel on its front (east) face containing leaded lettering that names the 36 fallen soldiers. The plinth is set on a two-stepped canted square base, and the upper step's front (east) face displays a Second World War bronze cast plaque dedication with a low relief inscription: "AND OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WAR 1939-1945."
Local climate
Hensingham War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,580 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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