Silloth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2018. Memorial.
Silloth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- plain-frieze-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Silloth War Memorial, Churchyard of Christ Church, Criffel Street, Cumbria, Silloth-On-Solway, CA7 4BZ
- OS grid reference
- NY 110 537
- Coordinates
- 54.87029, -3.38806
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Silloth War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, located in the churchyard of Christ Church on Criffel Street in Silloth, Cumbria. It is prominently placed by the low wall of the churchyard, facing the sea. The memorial features a small cross pattee made of Balmoral granite, which sits atop a tapering hexagonal shaft with an elaborate moulded foot. This shaft is supported by a tall hexagonal plinth and a two-tiered moulded base. On the front face, there is a relief carving of a crown next to the word “Liberty.”
The memorial is enclosed by very low rails and further surrounded by low iron posts and chains. The plinth is inscribed with incised and blacked lettering that reads: LIBERTY// TRUTH// RIGHT// TO THE/ GLORIOUS DEAD/ IN HONOUR AND/ LOVING APPRECIATION/ OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ AND/ 1939 – 1945/ "LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND/ WE FOR ENGLAND DIED."/ "THEY WERE A WALL/ UNTO US, BOTH BY/ NIGHT AND BY DAY."/ 1ST SAML XXV.16// (NAMES).
Local climate
Silloth War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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