Shap 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.
Shap War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- old-stair-hazel
- 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
- Shap War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Michael, Church Street, Cumbria, CA10 3LD
- OS grid reference
- NY 563 153
- Coordinates
- 54.53171, -2.67543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shap War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, located in the churchyard of St Michael’s Church on Church Street in Shap, Cumbria. It is prominently placed at the junction of the churchyard paths near the northern entrance. The memorial features a polished wheel-head cross made of Shap granite, which has an “IHS" monogram at its center. This cross stands on a tapering shaft, with a splay-moulded foot, and is supported by a tapering four-sided plinth and a single-stepped base. The plinth and base are rough-hewn but have polished faces that display incised and blacked inscriptions. Surrounding the memorial is a low semi-circular kerb made of matching stone.
The inscription on the memorial is incised and reads: (NAMES)// TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVER/ SACRED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR,/ 1914 – 1918./ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A/ MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS”// ON THIS MEMORIAL/ ARE ALSO RECORDED/ THE NAMES OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ IN THE DEFENCE OF/ THEIR FRIENDS AND OF/ THE LIBERTY OF MANKIND// 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
Local climate
Shap War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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