Ketton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Ketton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- strange-rubblework-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Ketton War Memorial, Church of St Mary, Church Road, PE9 3RD
- OS grid reference
- SK 981 042
- Coordinates
- 52.6275, -0.55077
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ketton War Memorial is a medieval-style structure located next to the south-east corner of the porch of the Church of St Mary, which is a Grade I-listed building. It overlooks Church Road and is situated opposite The Priory, a Grade II*-listed property. The memorial stands approximately 4.5 meters tall and is constructed from Clipsham stone. It features a carved sculpture of the crucifixion, flanked by figures of St Mary and St John, all covered by a plain gable with a small cross at the top. Below the crucifixion, a small shield carved in relief on a bracket displays symbols of the Passion. The octagonal cross shaft is mounted on a square plinth, which is set on a square, two-stepped base.
On the west face of the plinth, an inscription reads: "1914–1919/ PRAY FOR THE MEN OF/ KETTON WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1939 – 1945/ (10 NAMES)." The names of 36 men who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the three other faces of the plinth, with all inscriptions being incised.
Local climate
Ketton War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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