Stoke Albany War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 2015. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Stoke Albany War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- long-stronghold-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Stoke Albany War Memorial, Junction of Ashley Road and Lower Road, LE16 8PL
- OS grid reference
- SP 805 882
- Coordinates
- 52.48584, -0.81517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stoke Albany War Memorial is located at the north end of the village, on a green near the Church of St Botolph, which is listed as Grade II*, and by the former village school, now the Village Hall, which is also Grade II-listed. Made of limestone, the memorial stands approximately 5 meters tall and features a shallow, three-tiered octagonal base that supports a square plinth. From this plinth rises a square-sectioned shaft topped with a lantern. The lantern has the monogram IHS carved in low relief on two opposing sides, while a wheel-head cross is carved on the other two sides. A ball finial crowns the top.
On the south face of the plinth, the raised lettering reads "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919." The west side bears the inscription "FOR GOD & COUNTRY/ FOR HONOUR & FREEDOM." The east side lists the names of eight individuals who fell, with three additional names from the Second World War added below, marked with the dates 1939 and 1945. The north face states "THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE."
Local climate
Stoke Albany 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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