Bewcastle War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 2017. A Modern War memorial.
Bewcastle War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- vast-gallery-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Bewcastle War Memorial, St Cuthbert's Churchyard, High Grains, Cumbria
- OS grid reference
- NY 565 745
- Coordinates
- 55.06363, -2.68219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bewcastle War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1919, with later additions for the Second World War. It is situated on a hard-standing area to the west of the entrance to the Grade II*-listed Church of St Cuthbert, within the churchyard, and is near the Grade II-listed former rectory known as Banna, as well as the scheduled monument of Bewcastle Roman fort.
The memorial is made of granite and features an obelisk that rises from a chamfered square base. This base supports a square plinth with a moulded cornice and a tapering foot, all resting on a single-step base. The inscriptions and names are crafted in lead lettering, painted black.
The main inscription is located on the east face and reads: "IN HONOUR/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ SOLDIERS/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN/ THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 – 1918/ 1939 – 1945." Above this inscription is a symbol of a Latin cross, also made of lead. The names of 19 individuals who died during the First World War are inscribed on the other faces of the plinth, including their respective regiments. Three names related to the Second World War are located beneath the principal inscription, affixed to the foot of the plinth.
Local climate
Bewcastle War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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