Brafield-on-the-Green 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.
Brafield-on-the-Green War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- strange-newel-furze
- 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
- Brafield-on-the-Green War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Laurence's Church, Church Lane, NN7 1BA
- OS grid reference
- SP 821 590
- Coordinates
- 52.2236, -0.79817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brafield-on-the-Green War Memorial is located in the churchyard, to the south-west of the tower of St Lawrence Church, which is a Grade II* building. The memorial stands about 3 meters tall and features a plain, grey sandstone Latin cross with a three-stepped foot, set on a slightly tapering square plinth. This plinth is raised on a square base that is elevated on three steps.
On the front, east-facing side of the plinth, there is a stone panel inscribed with the words: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS CROSS IS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL/ AND EVERLASTING MEMORY OF ALL/ THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (12 NAMES)/ GRANT THEM, O LORD ETERNAL REST." Below this inscription, a small laurel wreath is carved in relief on the base.
On the left side of the plinth, another stone panel bears the inscription: "ALSO TO THOSE WHO IN/ 1939 – 1945/ SERVED AND DIED TO PRESERVE/ OUR GLORIOUS HERITAGE/ (2 NAMES)/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE."
Local climate
Brafield-on-the-Green 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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