Eaglesfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 2018. War memorial.

Eaglesfield War Memorial

WRENN ID
sheer-corridor-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 2018
Type
War memorial
Address
Eaglesfield War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Philip, Hotchberry Brow, Mosser, Cumbria, Dean, CA13 0RX
OS grid reference
NY 106 280
Coordinates
54.63962, -3.38546
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Eaglesfield War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, located in the churchyard of St Philip’s Church on Hotchberry Brow in Mosser, Eaglesfield, Cumbria. It is prominently positioned near the church porch. The memorial features a polished grey granite obelisk set on a plinth with a moulded cap, which rests on a two-tiered square base. The plinth is inscribed with incised lettering. The inscription reads: "ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM, RIGHT AND PEACE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 (NAMES) AND ALSO OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1939 – 1945 (NAMES) THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."

Local climate

Eaglesfield War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,510 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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