Moreton Pinkney War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Moreton Pinkney War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silent-wattle-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Moreton Pinkney War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard, Banbury Road, Daventry, Northants, NN11 3SJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 574 490
- Coordinates
- 52.13692, -1.16275
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moreton Pinkney War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was erected in 1920 and unveiled by Sir Arthur Dryden. It is situated within the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, which is a Grade II* listed building, and is near several Grade II listed headstones.
The memorial features a stone Latin cross designed in the Celtic style, with intricate carved knot work detail on the front (east) face. The cross stands on a tapering square plinth, which is elevated by a two-stepped base that rests on a narrow square block.
The dedication is incised into the front (east) side of the plinth and reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN THANKFULNESS TO HIM/ FOR THE WONDERFUL VICTORY/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ AND THE RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHONERS OF/ MORETON PINKNEY." The rear (west) face of the memorial is inscribed with four names.
Local climate
Moreton Pinkney 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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