Walgrave Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 2015. War memorial.
Walgrave Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- quartered-steel-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Walgrave Memorial Cross, Lower Green, Junction of High Street and Hannington Lane, NN6 9PQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 802 720
- Coordinates
- 52.34059, -0.82369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Walgrave Memorial Cross is a limestone war memorial approximately 5 meters high, located on Lower Green at the east end of High Street. It features a wheel-head cross positioned atop a substantial, square-sectioned, tapering stone pillar. This pillar rests on a stone plinth that includes metal lettered inscriptions.
On the west face, the inscription reads: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OUR FELLOW PARISHIONERS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." The north face lists the phrase "THESE DIED FOR US" followed by 13 names. The east face states: "IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ALL WHO FOUGHT, SUFFERED AND LABOURED FOR PEACE." The south face also features the phrase "THESE DIED FOR US," along with 12 names.
Additionally, there is a separate panel on the south side of the plinth, below the list of 12 names, inscribed with "1939-1945" and 6 names. The plinth is set upon a two-stepped square base, and the memorial is enclosed by iron railings.
Local climate
Walgrave Memorial Cross 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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