Glapthorn War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 2015. War memorial.
Glapthorn War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- eternal-vault-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TL 024 902
- Coordinates
- 52.50023, -0.49233
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Glapthorn War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St Leonard’s Church, which is also listed at Grade II*. The memorial features a medieval-style limestone cross that stands approximately 3.5 meters tall. It has a small wheel-head and a tapering shaft, set on a square plinth. This plinth is placed on a two-stage square base with chamfered corners, and the entire structure rests on a concrete base.
On the front of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads: "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF GLAPTHORNE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR ENGLAND 1914-1918." Additionally, the front of the top stage of the base is carved with the words: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS ST JOHN XV 13." Thirteen names are inscribed on the side of the plinth and the top stage of the base, facing the path through the churchyard.
At the rear of the base, there is an inscription that notes the memorial was constructed by R Cox, who appears to have been from Market Harborough, although this part of the inscription is damaged.
Local climate
Glapthorn War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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