Little Houghton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 2015. War memorial.
Little Houghton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- south-chamber-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Little Houghton War Memorial, The Churchyard, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bedford Road, NN7 1AB
- OS grid reference
- SP 803 596
- Coordinates
- 52.22887, -0.82503
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Little Houghton War Memorial is located south of the church in the churchyard of the Grade II*-listed church of St Mary the Virgin. It overlooks Bedford Road and is near the former school, with several other listed monuments in the churchyard. The memorial is a robust 4-meter high cross made of Weldon Stone, featuring a foliate wheel-head. The octagonal cross shaft, which has "HIS" carved on both the front and back at the junction of the cross and shaft, rises from a short octagonal plinth. This plinth is set on a shallow, two-stepped, octagonal base.
The plinth displays Westmoreland slate dedicatory plaques. The main dedication reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF LITTLE HOUGHTON WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914-1918." The names of those who fell are listed on plaques on either side. At the rear, another plaque commemorates "ALSO TO THOSE WHO IN 1939 – 1945 SERVED AND DIED TO PRESERVE OUR GLORIOUS HERITAGE," listing three names.
Local climate
Little Houghton War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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