Great Brington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 2020. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Great Brington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- worn-string-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Great Brington War Memorial, Main Street, Northampton, NN7 4JB
- OS grid reference
- SP 666 650
- Coordinates
- 52.27931, -1.02446
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Brington War Memorial is a cenotaph dedicated to the First World War, unveiled in 1921 by the 6th Earl Spencer, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Northampton. It was designed by Colonel John Brown and built by Messrs JG Pullen and Sons of Northampton.
Constructed from Weldon stone with a Derbyshire gritstone base, the memorial is prominently located within a grassed and railed enclosure on the south-east side of Main Street in Great Brington. A double-leaf gate at the center of its north-east side provides access to the enclosure.
The design, inspired by Edwin Lutyens’s Whitehall cenotaph, features a 4.9-meter high memorial comprising a chest tomb atop a rectangular pylon, all resting on a three-stepped base. The north-west face of the chest tomb displays a bronze wreath in relief, while a bronze dedication plaque on the pylon below reads: 1914-1919 / TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF THE TRUE AND / FAITHFUL MEN WHO WENT FORTH FROM THIS / PARISH FOR GOD AND FOR LIBERTY AND / WHO DID NOT RETURN / [Names] / LORD, GIVE THEM REST AND ETERNAL LIFE.
Local climate
Great Brington War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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