Sir Wilfrid Lawson Memorial and drinking trough is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1985. Monument, drinking trough. 1 related planning application.

Sir Wilfrid Lawson Memorial and drinking trough

WRENN ID
ghost-panel-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1985
Type
Monument, drinking trough
Address
Sir Wilfrid Lawson Memorial and drinking trough, Market Place, Aspatria, CA7 3HB
OS grid reference
NY 143 417
Coordinates
54.76368, -3.33295
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Sir Wilfrid Lawson Memorial and drinking trough is a monument and drinking trough located in Aspatria's Market Place. It was erected in 1907 through public subscription and designed by sculptor L. Fritz Roselieb. The structure is made of calciferous sandstone with granite dressings, featuring cast bronze plaques and a figure. It stands on a stepped octagonal grey granite plinth beneath a square sandstone base with angle columns made of Shap granite. Each face of the monument has sculpted bronze drinking bowls. The sandstone shaft is adorned with bronze plaques depicting Peace and Temperance, as well as a bust of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, who lived from 1829 to 1906, and an inscription on the rear. At the top, there is a bronze figure of St George and the Dragon, all of which is signed and dated by the sculptor. A horse drinking trough is located at the front of the memorial.

Local climate

Sir Wilfrid Lawson Memorial and drinking trough sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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