Memorial Cross to South of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Memorial cross.
Memorial Cross to South of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- dim-lime-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Memorial cross
- Address
- Memorial Cross to South of Church of St Peter, Heversham, South Lakeland
- OS grid reference
- SD 495 833
- Coordinates
- 54.24355, -2.7749
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Memorial Cross, located to the south of the Church of St Peter in Heversham, was erected in 1920 to honor those who lost their lives in the First World War, with an inscription for the Second World War added later. Designed by J.F. Curwen, the cross is made of sandstone and takes the form of a Celtic Cross, inspired by a reconstruction of an old cross that was in the church porch at the time of the survey. The south face of the cross features a list of names along with the inscription: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER MORE 1914-1919," followed by additional names for the 1939-45 war. The north side includes part of an inscription that reads: "TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM ... GIVING UP THEIR LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM." Further details and a photograph of the original memorial can be found in John F. Curwen's "History of Heversham with Milnthorpe," published by Titus Wilson & Son in Kendal, 1930.
Local climate
Memorial Cross to South of Church of St Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 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 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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