Litchborough War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 2016. Memorial.
Litchborough War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stony-jade-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Litchborough War Memorial, The Village Green, NN12 8JG
- OS grid reference
- SP 632 542
- Coordinates
- 52.18303, -1.07666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Litchborough War Memorial is located on a small village green to the west of the church of St Martin, which is listed as Grade II*. This memorial is made of sandstone and stands approximately 7 meters tall. It features a simple Latin cross-head atop a tapering, square-sectioned shaft, which is set on a square plinth. The plinth has panels made of a redder sandstone that display inscriptions. The main inscription, in raised lettering, reads: "TO KEEP IN MIND/ THOSE WHO FROM THIS PLACE/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY AND FOR THE RIGHT/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919." The names of the fallen are recorded on two sides of the plinth. The plinth itself is supported by a four-stage octagonal base.
Access to the memorial is via a modern sandstone path, and it is surrounded by a post and chain link fence. It is noted that the modern path and fence are not considered to have special architectural or historic interest.
Local climate
Litchborough 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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