Kirkoswald War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 2019. War memorial.
Kirkoswald War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fossil-railing-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- NY 555 412
- Coordinates
- 54.76385, -2.69311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kirkoswald War Memorial, built in 1920, is a war memorial made of red sandstone featuring bronze plaques. It is designed in the style of a medieval market cross, topped with a patonce cross, which has arms that expand outward and end in triple points resembling leaves. The cross is mounted on a tall, chamfered shaft that stands on a plinth, which is elevated by a set of three steps. These steps rise from a red sandstone pavement and are enclosed by iron railings, with a gate located to the west.
On the east face of the steps, which faces the main road, there is an inscription that reads:
1914-1918 ENOUGH THAT VALOUR FILLS THE SPACE BETWEEN
Above this inscription, a bronze plaque attached to the plinth lists the names and ranks of 18 men, arranged by surname. Additionally, on the south face of the memorial, there is another bronze plaque commemorating the Second World War, which includes the names and ranks of four more men.
Local climate
Kirkoswald War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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