Ramsden Vault Immediately East of Crematorium (Not Included) at Borough Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1993. Vault.

Ramsden Vault Immediately East of Crematorium (Not Included) at Borough Cemetery

WRENN ID
twisted-sill-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1993
Type
Vault
Address
Ramsden Vault Immediately East of Crematorium (Not Included) at Borough Cemetery, Devonshire Road
OS grid reference
SD 200 711
Coordinates
54.13029, -3.22517
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ramsden vault, located immediately east of the crematorium at the Borough Cemetery in Barrow-in-Furness, is a family vault built around 1886 for the Ramsden family. Constructed from red ashlar sandstone and set into a bank, it features a single doorway in its buttressed front wall, showcasing a Gothic Revival style. The oak door is adorned with decorative ironwork and a scrolled grill, while the entrance is framed by a moulded arch and hoodmould, which includes a ram's head keystone. The parapet is finished with roll-moulded copings. The flanking buttresses have double-chamfered plinths, offsets, and display the arms of Ramsden and the Borough beneath roll-moulded gablets. Notably, Sir James Ramsden, a key figure in the development of modern Barrow, is interred here; he was knighted in 1872 and passed away on October 19, 1896. Ramsden commissioned the vault approximately ten years before his death.

Local climate

Ramsden Vault Immediately East of Crematorium (Not Included) at Borough Cemetery 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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