Manton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 2018. War memorial.
Manton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- plain-marble-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Manton War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard, Church Lane, LE15 8ST
- OS grid reference
- SK 880 046
- Coordinates
- 52.63278, -0.70035
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with an addition for the Second World War. It is located in the churchyard of the Grade II*-listed Church of St Mary, positioned to the north-west of the bell tower and visible from the street.
The memorial is made of rough-hewn Cornish granite and features a wheel-head cross with a tapering four-sided shaft. On the south-west face, there is a relief carving of an inverted Sword of Sacrifice, which has a trefoil design on the pommel and the ends of the cross-guard. The cross shaft rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth that sits atop a single-stepped, square base.
At the base of the cross shaft, on the south-west face, is a small recessed panel that reads TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND. The dedication continues on a recessed panel on the plinth, stating IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (6 NAMES). All dedications are presented in leaded lettering.
Additionally, a small metal plate is affixed directly below the sword, which bears the Second World War dedication in incised lettering: 1939 - 1945/ (2 NAMES).
Local climate
Manton War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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