War Memorial South of Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. War memorial.

War Memorial South of Church of St Cuthbert

WRENN ID
slow-screen-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial South of Church of St Cuthbert, Great Salkeld
OS grid reference
NY 551 367
Coordinates
54.72368, -2.69745
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, located south of the Church of St Cuthbert, was erected in 1919 and is made of red sandstone. It features a stepped plinth with a tapering shaft topped by a Celtic cross head. The memorial is inscribed with the names of seven individuals who died in the 1914-18 war and is situated in the graveyard south of the church.

Local climate

War Memorial South of Church of St Cuthbert sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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