Raughton Head War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Raughton Head War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- eastward-rubblework-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Raughton Head War Memorial, Triangular Green Outside All Saints Church, Cumbria, Dalston, CA5 7DD
- OS grid reference
- NY 378 455
- Coordinates
- 54.80112, -2.96765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Raughton Head War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of Scottish granite and is located on a triangular green at a road junction in the center of Raughton Head, Cumbria, directly opposite the parish church.
The memorial features a tall Celtic cross made of Scottish granite, which has a central boss and intricate knot work carved on all sides. This cross is positioned atop a tall, four-sided pillar that has a moulded cornice and includes ball mouldings underneath, adorned with Celtic decorative motifs and inscriptions. The pillar stands on a two-stepped base.
The inscriptions on the pillar are in leaded lettering and read: "THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (NAMES)/ 'THE GLORIOUS DEAD'// SERVED IN HM FORCES/ (NAMES)// SERVED IN HM FORCES/ (NAMES)// SERVED 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE FROM THIS/ PARISH/ WHO ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRY’S CALL/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Raughton Head War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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