Great Broughton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2018. War memorial.
Great Broughton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- western-brass-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Great Broughton War Memorial, Churchyard of Christ Church, Kirklea, Cumbria, CA13 0NB
- OS grid reference
- NY 075 316
- Coordinates
- 54.67161, -3.43522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Great Broughton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, located in the churchyard of Christ Church, Kirklea, Great Broughton, Cumbria. It is prominently positioned near the churchyard entrance and close to the west end of the church. The memorial consists of a slate monument divided into three main sections: a wall- or stele-like panel with a pointed tip, set on a four-sided plinth and a single-stepped base. The main stele section features a carved laurel wreath at the top and displays the inscriptions related to the First World War. The plinth, which may have been added after the Second World War, contains later inscriptions. All three sections have rough-hewn edges, and the inscriptions are incised and filled with black.
The inscription reads: "IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS' ALSO (NAME)// ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Great Broughton War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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