War Memorial in Public Park is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1976. War memorial.
War Memorial in Public Park
- WRENN ID
- roaming-casement-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1976
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in Public Park, Park Avenue
- OS grid reference
- SD 203 697
- Coordinates
- 54.1178, -3.22066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial, located in a public park in Barrow-in-Furness, was built in 1919 by Major C. Oakley for the Barrow Haematite Steel Company. The memorial is made of Portland limestone and features iron railings and bronze plaques. It consists of a circular platform surrounded by railings, which is accessible by four flights of steps that have piers and balustrades adorned with bronze insets and guilloche ornamentation.
At the center stands an obelisk with a plinth that has convex corners and bronze plaques. The tapered square shaft of the obelisk is decorated with acanthus ornamentation and fluting, with a bronze wreath on each side. The plaques commemorate those who lost their lives in the Great War, and at each corner of the memorial are reliefs depicting an infantryman, a sailor, Liberty, and an angel. Additionally, attached to the railings are two plaques listing the names of those lost in World War II. This memorial serves as an imposing local landmark.
Local climate
War Memorial in Public Park sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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