Great Cransley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 2015. War memorial.
Great Cransley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- little-pewter-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Great Cransley War Memorial, Junction of Church Lane and Broughton Hill, NN14 1PX
- OS grid reference
- SP 830 767
- Coordinates
- 52.38272, -0.78064
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Cransley War Memorial is located within a small enclosure, which is bordered at the back by a low stone wall and at the front by chains held up by two stone piers. The memorial features a 2.5-meter high limestone Latin cross, which has a small wreath carved on the front of the cross head. The cross shaft is supported by a small pyramidal structure that sits on a square plinth, which in turn rests on a two-stage stepped octagonal base.
On the front of the plinth, there is raised lettering that reads "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914 1918." The other three sides of the plinth display the names of those who lost their lives. Additionally, there is an inscription in a similar style on the pyramid at the top of the plinth that states "AND ALSO (NAME) 1939 – 1945 WAR."
Local climate
Great Cransley 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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