World War I Memorial at Cartmel Grange is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
World War I Memorial at Cartmel Grange
- WRENN ID
- hidden-vault-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- World War I Memorial at Cartmel Grange, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 7EL
- OS grid reference
- SD 398 767
- Coordinates
- 54.18314, -2.92316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
World War I Memorial at Cartmel Grange
A First World War memorial of approximately 1919, architect unknown. The memorial is made of concrete and features a standing male soldier at about three-quarters life size, dressed in First World War uniform and cap, holding a rifle at ease in his right hand. The soldier stands on a flat round base which sits atop a moulded rectangular base. The entire structure is raised on a wider rectangular concrete base with a modern polished marble inscribed plaque attached to its front reading 'PRESENTED / BY THE / NORMANTON CENTRAL / LIBERAL CLUB / IN MEMORY OF CLUB MEN FALLEN / 1914-1919 / LET NOT HIS MEMORY FADE'. The memorial stands in the grounds of Cartmel Grange Nursing Home near the exit to Allithwaite Road.
The memorial was presented by the Normanton Central Liberal Club, based near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, to the Working Men's Club and Institute Union shortly after the end of the First World War in 1919. It was given in memory of club members, some of whom may have been nursed at the convalescent home built on this site between 1912 and 1914. At an unspecified date the memorial was moved to another part of the nursing home grounds before being relocated as close as possible to its original location as part of a conservation project grant-aided under the English Heritage and Wolfson Foundation War Memorials Grant Scheme. The repair work, carried out on behalf of Brancaster Homes in November 2007 by Able Memorials and Lakeland Creations, included replacement of the stone panel bearing the inscription. The original broken panel is displayed nearby.
The use of concrete as a sculptural medium for war memorials at this period is exceptionally rare. The memorial is also an unusual example of commemoration of men belonging to a specific national organisation, presented by a particular local group from a location at some distance from the memorial.
Local climate
World War I Memorial at Cartmel Grange sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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