Irthlingborough War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Irthlingborough War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-newel-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Irthlingborough War Memorial, Finedon Road, NN9 5TY
- OS grid reference
- SP 942 710
- Coordinates
- 52.32965, -0.61899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Irthlingborough War Memorial is located in a small enclosure on the south-west side of Finedon Road, a distance from central Irthlingborough. The memorial stands approximately 8 meters tall and is made of limestone. It features a fluted, circular column topped with a ball finial, from which an ornate metal cross rises. The finial is placed on an urn-shaped pedestal, with each side adorned with flower symbols of the United Kingdom, carved in low relief and gilded.
The column is supported by a three-stage, stepped base, consisting of one square section above two octagonal ones. A slate plaque on the front face of the uppermost stage bears the inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF IRTHLINGBOROUGH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918." On the rear face of this stage, another slate plaque is inscribed with "LEST WE FORGET." The two side faces display similar plaques listing the names of those who fell in 1939-1945, while slate plaques around the second tier of the base commemorate those who died in the First World War.
The memorial is set within a small flagged enclosure, which is defined at the front by concrete posts and iron railings, with hedges enclosing the sides and rear. A red brick structure, which is not of special interest, provides seating in the center of the front of the enclosure.
Local climate
Irthlingborough War Memorial 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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