King's Sutton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
King's Sutton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silent-postern-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- King's Sutton War Memorial, The Square, Kings Sutton, OX17 3RQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 497 360
- Coordinates
- 52.02104, -1.27573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Sutton War Memorial is a granite obelisk located in The Square, near the Church of St Peter and St Paul, which is a Grade I listed building, as well as The Courthouse, a Grade II* listed building, and several other Grade II listed structures in the area. The memorial features a square base topped with a tapering plinth and an obelisk, which is square in shape.
Lead lettering inscriptions are present around the base and plinth. The main dedicatory inscription reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE HEROIC MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS 1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945 REST IN PEACE."
Local climate
King's Sutton War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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