Moor Row and Scalegill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Moor Row and Scalegill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- waiting-loggia-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Moor Row and Scalegill War Memorial, Junction of Scalegill Road and Church Street, Cumbria, Egremont, CA24 3JL
- OS grid reference
- NY 004 142
- Coordinates
- 54.51365, -3.53893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moor Row and Scalegill War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, located at the junction of Scalegill Road and Church Street in Moor Row, Cumbria. It is prominently positioned in the village center and features an elaborate Celtic cross made of Aberdeen granite. The front shaft of the cross includes a wreath carved in relief, and it stands on an ornate foot with carved pediments and shields, resting on a square plinth with a two-stepped base. The lower step has relief-carved crossed rifles on its front face.
On the left side of the foot, there is an inclined tablet commemorating the Second World War. The inscriptions on the plinth, base, and additional tablet are all in leaded lettering. The plinth inscription reads: "MOOR ROW AND SCALEGILL MEMORIAL/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ MEN WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR/ TRUTH AND RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD,/ AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD:/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM,/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN./ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL/ REMEMBER THEM." The names of the fallen are carved on the sides of the plinth.
The upper step of the memorial states: "UNVEILED BY H. BONNEY B.A./ OCT. 23RD 1921." The inclined tablet carries the inscription: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ THEY LIVE FOREVER/ UNVEILED BY/ R.Q.M.S J.K THOMPSON R.A.M.C/ NOV. 14TH 1948."
Local climate
Moor Row and Scalegill War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 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 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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