Calthwaite War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 2019. War memorial.
Calthwaite War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- plain-railing-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Calthwaite War Memorial, All Saint's Churchyard, Calthwaite Crossroads, Cumbria, Hesket, CA11 9PL
- OS grid reference
- NY 469 401
- Coordinates
- 54.75315, -2.82583
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Calthwaite War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921 by Messrs Beattie and Co of Carlisle. It is made from Aberdeen granite.
The memorial features a rough-hewn cross with a relief-carved wreath at the center of the head, with ribbons trailing along the arms of the cross. This cross is set on a short shaft that rises from a large, rough-hewn plinth with rounded shoulders. The front of the plinth has a divided appearance: the left-hand side has a smooth dressed tablet with lead lettering, while the right side displays a Brodie helmet and a Lee-Enfield rifle carved in relief on the rough-hewn area. The lead lettering of the inscription reads: ERECTED IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ CALTHWAITE DISTRICT/ WHO DIED IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH.
The memorial stands on a simple single-stepped square base, which is set within a square area defined by low kerbstones. The right-hand end of the base is marked with the sculptor's name in small lead letters: BEATTIE & CO, SCULPTORS/ CARLISLE.
Local climate
Calthwaite War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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