War Memorial at Junction of Swinnertons Lane and High Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1985. War memorial.
War Memorial at Junction of Swinnertons Lane and High Street
- WRENN ID
- odd-tracery-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1985
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial at Junction of Swinnertons Lane and High Street, Yelvertoft
- OS grid reference
- SP 597 755
- Coordinates
- 52.37463, -1.12409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial located at the junction of Swinnertons Lane and High Street is an early 20th-century structure made of limestone ashlar. It features an octagonal shaft that stands on a square plinth, which is supported by a base of three octagonal steps. The capital of the memorial is gabled and adorned with foliated designs, including crocket decoration and figures in mitres. Inscriptions on the plinth honor those who died in the First and Second World Wars.
Local climate
War Memorial at Junction of Swinnertons Lane and High Street receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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