Levens War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2018. War memorial.

Levens War Memorial

WRENN ID
carved-cloister-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 2018
Type
War memorial
Address
Levens War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St John, Church Road, Cumbria, LA8 8PS
OS grid reference
SD 485 857
Coordinates
54.26498, -2.79168
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Levens War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, located in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Evangelist on Church Road in Levens, Cumbria. It is prominently positioned at the south-east corner of the church, next to the path that encircles the building. The memorial features a stone wheel-head cross with raised detailing, set on a tapering shaft and moulded foot. This is mounted on a tall, wide, four-sided tapering plinth with a moulded foot, which stands on a three-stepped square base. The plinth displays inscriptions on two bronze panels attached to the front face. The raised cast bronze lettering reads: "THESE MEN OF LEVENS/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)// AND THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR OF 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."

Local climate

Levens War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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