Edenhall 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. 1 related planning application.
Edenhall War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tall-threshold-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Edenhall War Memorial, B6412, Cumbria, Langwathby, CA11 8SX
- OS grid reference
- NY 565 324
- Coordinates
- 54.68506, -2.67573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Edenhall War Memorial is a First World War memorial constructed in 1920 from limestone quarried at Orton Scar. The memorial is prominently situated at a three-way junction in the village of Edenhall, Cumbria, positioned within a roadside enclosure and with open land behind. It consists of a roughly 3-metre-tall wheel-head cross featuring Celtic knotwork on its front face. This sits atop a tapering shaft bearing relief-carved dates of 1914–1918, and is set on a tapering, four-sided plinth raised on a two-stepped square base. The plinth and base of the cross feature inscriptions in leaded lettering, accompanied by carved wreaths. Inside the roadside enclosure, plaques bearing the names of those who served and returned are affixed to capped piers, all displaying lettering in lead. The enclosure itself is separated from the road by two cast iron posts connected by chains. The inscription, in leaded lettering, reads: '1914 / 1918 // (NAMES) // WE LIE DEAD IN FOREIGN LANDS / THAT YOU MAY LIVE HERE IN PEACE' and on the roadside plaques, 'NAMES (of those who returned)'.
Local climate
Edenhall War Memorial 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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