Penrith Boer War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 2017. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Penrith Boer War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- upper-cellar-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Penrith Boer War Memorial, Castle Park, Ullswater Road, Cumbria, CA11 7EF
- OS grid reference
- NY 512 297
- Coordinates
- 54.6608, -2.75653
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Penrith Boer War Memorial, built in 1906 by F W Doyle Jones, is a significant granite structure featuring a bronze figure. It is prominently situated in Castle Park, serving as a focal point. The memorial depicts a winged female figure representing peace, who is raising her arms and holding a laurel wreath. This figure stands on a scrolled step adorned with a carved bay wreath, which is positioned atop a tapered plinth that features draped cartouches beneath a cornice. The base consists of three steps, marked with the sculptor's name, and includes a bay leaf pattern torus at the step. The front of the pedestal bears an inscription in black lettering that reads:
PRO PATRIA/IN MEMORY OF THE /MEN OF THIS TOWN/AND/ DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE/SOUTH AFRICAN WAR/ 1899-1902
The names of fourteen fallen soldiers are inscribed below, listed by regiment, rank, and surname, with an additional two names on the rear. Each corner of the memorial is accented by a low carved stone pillar.
Local climate
Penrith Boer War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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