War Memorial Approximately 16 Metres North of Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1987. War memorial.
War Memorial Approximately 16 Metres North of Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- eternal-jamb-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1987
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SP 960 684
- Coordinates
- 52.30592, -0.59291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, located approximately 16 meters north of the Town Hall in Higham Ferrers Market Square, was built in the early 20th century. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a rectangular pier with rusticated sides and a tall panel on both the front and rear. The memorial is topped with a moulded cornice and a segmental pediment. On the front panel, there is a relief figure representing Peace, along with laurel wreaths on the sides. The front panel also bears the inscription, "In memory of gallant men from this town who fell in the Great War 1914-1918," with names listed below and on the reverse panel.
Local climate
War Memorial Approximately 16 Metres North of Town Hall 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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