Kettering Parish Church War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 2015. Memorial.
Kettering Parish Church War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- worn-crypt-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 2015
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Kettering Parish Church War Memorial, St Peter and St Paul Church, Sheep Street, Kettering Town, NN16 0AL
- OS grid reference
- SP 867 784
- Coordinates
- 52.39699, -0.727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kettering Parish Church War Memorial is located outside the north porch door of the parish church. It stands approximately 5 meters high and features a Calvary carved from shelly limestone. At the top, there is a gabled crucifix mounted on an octagonal shaft, which rises from an octagonal plinth. This plinth is set on a three-stage octagonal base made of York stone. The upper part of the shaft is adorned with a raised crown of thorns, which has the letters ‘HIS’ inside.
On the front face of the plinth, there is raised lettering that reads, ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS CHURCH WHO/ DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 1918’. The opposite face of the plinth states, ‘THE NAMES OF THOSE/ WHOM THE CROSS/ COMMEMORATES ARE/ INSCRIBED ON A TABLET/ IN THE NORTH CHAPEL/ OF THIS CHURCH’.
Local climate
Kettering Parish Church War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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