War Memorial in the Churchyard of St Andrew's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 2012. A C13 War memorial.
War Memorial in the Churchyard of St Andrew's Church
- WRENN ID
- narrow-finial-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 2012
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in the Churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Main Street, Caunton, Nottinghamshire
- OS grid reference
- SK 745 600
- Coordinates
- 53.13204, -0.88779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church is a Grade II listed structure. It is made from coursed Triassic Mercia Mudstone rubble, a type of hard, fine-grained sandstone known as skerry, likely quarried locally. The large blocks used in the memorial were taken from the chancel of the church in the 19th century and were probably cut in the 13th century.
The memorial is situated on the south side of the main church gate, placed between red brick piers that are part of the church's boundary wall. It resembles a fragment of a wall, measuring approximately 1.5 meters wide, 1.6 meters high, and 0.3 meters deep. The lower half is wider than the stepped upper half, which is topped with a roughly pedimented cap and an iron Celtic cross.
On one of the lower courses, there is a carving that reads, "These stones were cut in the XIIIth century by the builders of this church." Additionally, a bronze plaque set in the upper half bears the inscription, "1914-1918 THESE MEN OF CAUNTON SOUGHT THE GLORY OF ENGLAND. THEY FOUND THE GLORY OF GOD," followed by the names of those commemorated.
Local climate
War Memorial in the Churchyard of St Andrew's Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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