Desborough War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 2015. War memorial.
Desborough War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- frozen-belfry-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Desborough War Memorial, War Memorial Garden, Junction of Lower Road and High Street, NN1 2BN
- OS grid reference
- SP 802 831
- Coordinates
- 52.44024, -0.82031
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Desborough War Memorial is located in a war memorial garden at the junction of Lower Street and High Street, north of the Grade I-listed Anglican and Methodist Church of St Giles and opposite the Services Club, which is Grade II-listed. The monument features a 4-meter high granite monolith that is four-sided and slightly tapering. It is set on a raised grass area, surrounded by a low iron railing supported by short granite posts.
At the front of the monolith, there is a bronze plaque with the inscription "1914-1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE." On either side of the monolith, additional bronze plaques list the names of the town’s 116 First World War dead. The rear face includes bronze plaques commemorating those who died in the Second World War, as well as a stone plaque dedicated to those who have fallen in later conflicts, inscribed with "IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO HAVE DIED ON DUTY/ IN THE ARMED SERVICES POST 1945/ (1 NAME)."
Behind the memorial, three flower beds defined by iron railings, which are contemporary with the memorial, form a semi-circle. At the north-west corner of the memorial garden, there is a granite post with a bronze plaque that records the garden’s gift to the town.
Local climate
Desborough 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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