Raunds War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 2015. War memorial.
Raunds War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- turning-lead-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Raunds War Memorial, St Peter’S Church, High Street, NN9 6JB
- OS grid reference
- SP 999 730
- Coordinates
- 52.34663, -0.53409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Raunds War Memorial is located within a long, downward sloping, terraced grass Memorial Garden that extends west from the west front of St Peter's Church, which is a Grade I listed building. The church tower and spire provide a backdrop to the memorial when approached along the main path from the High Street. The memorial stands approximately 7 meters high, with its upper part made of limestone, featuring a lantern atop a tapering shaft formed by four round columns, all designed in a decorative medieval style. The shaft rises from a large but fairly shallow sandstone base, which sits on a shallow stone step.
The front face of the base is inscribed with the words: RAUNDS/ TO ITS HONOURED DEAD/ 1914 – 1919/ ‘THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY DAY AND BY NIGHT’. On two sides of the base are bronze plaques, each titled ROLL OF HONOUR, listing the names of those who died in the First World War. The fourth side of the plinth has a metal plaque titled ROLL OF HONOUR/ 1939 – 1945, which bears the names of those who died in the Second World War.
Local climate
Raunds War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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