Littleton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 2017. War memorial.
Littleton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- swift-passage-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Winchester
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Littleton War Memorial, The Churchyard, Church of St Catherine, Main Road, Hampshire, Littleton and Harestock, SO22 6QY
- OS grid reference
- SU 453 328
- Coordinates
- 51.09348, -1.35389
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Littleton War Memorial is a limestone structure located in the churchyard of the Church of St Catherine, which is also a Grade II-listed building. It overlooks Main Road and faces Littleton Manor, another Grade II-listed property. The memorial features a stone Latin cross with a plain shaft and a three-stepped foot that is rectangular in shape. This foot is raised on a narrow plinth that measures approximately 2 meters wide and 0.3 meters deep. The plinth is flanked by short, narrow blocks on either side and is set upon an inscribed base, which in turn stands on a concrete platform.
The main inscription on the front face of the plinth is incised and painted black, reading: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR." The years 1914 and 1919 are carved in relief on the front face of each flanking block. Additionally, the inscription on the front of the base, also in relief, states: "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE," with the continuation on the rear reading: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The names of four individuals commemorated by the memorial are incised and painted black on the rear of the plinth.
Local climate
Littleton War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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