Cross Base and War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. War memorial.
Cross Base and War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tenth-joist-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1969
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cross Base and War Memorial, the Green, Culworth
- OS grid reference
- SP 542 469
- Coordinates
- 52.11846, -1.20875
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross base and war memorial located on the south side of The Green in Culworth is a medieval structure with a 20th-century shaft and cross. It is made of limestone ashlar and features a square base with four steps. The shaft is topped with small niches that have crocketed canopies, each containing carved figures. A cross sits atop the structure.
Local climate
Cross Base and 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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