Cropper Memorial in North-East Corner of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Memorial.
Cropper Memorial in North-East Corner of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground
- WRENN ID
- roaming-loft-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Cropper Memorial in North-East Corner of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground, Kirkland, Kendal
- OS grid reference
- SD 516 923
- Coordinates
- 54.32421, -2.74446
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cropper Memorial, located in the north-east corner of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground, is a monument dedicated to James Cropper, dating from around 1900. It consists of a monolithic, dressed slate slab approximately 10 feet high, featuring a jagged top. This slab is set upright within a second dressed slate slab that has jagged ends and is laid flat. The front face of the memorial includes an inset circular copper panel with a bas-relief profile portrait of Cropper, accompanied by a concentric inscription carved in slate that reads: "JAMES CROPPER MDCCCXXIII - MDCCCC." Below this, the main inscription states: "Last Member of Parliament for the Ancient Borough of Kendal. First Chairman of the Westmorland County Council." On the rear face, there is a bas-relief carving depicting a single oak-tree shoot rising vertically from its root, which is interrupted by five inscribed panels labeled: FAITH, HOPE, ZEAL, JOY, and LOVE.
Local climate
Cropper Memorial in North-East Corner of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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