Lamport War Memorial, Northamptonshire is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 2015. War memorial.
Lamport War Memorial, Northamptonshire
- WRENN ID
- gilded-cobble-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Lamport War Memorial, Northamptonshire, The Churchyard of All Saints' Church, High Street, NN6 9HB
- OS grid reference
- SP 757 745
- Coordinates
- 52.3637, -0.88839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lamport War Memorial is located in the south-west corner of the churchyard of All Saints' Church, which is a Grade I listed building. The church is situated on elevated ground, offering views south towards Lamport Hall, also Grade I, and north and west over the Northamptonshire countryside.
The memorial features a 3-meter high granite wheel-headed Celtic cross, adorned with intricate interlace decoration on all four sides of the shaft and the cross head. The shaft is supported by a two-stage chamfered plinth, which rests on a square base. The memorial includes metal lettering inscriptions on all four sides of the plinth:
On the south, upper stage is (1 NAME). On the south, main stage, it reads: IN/ UNDYING MEMORY/ OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR. Below this, on the square base, is the date 1914 – 1919, also in metal lettering.
On the west, upper stage is 1939 – 1945. On the west, main stage, there are (4 NAMES).
On the north, upper stage is (1 NAME). On the north, main stage, there are (4 NAMES).
On the east, main stage, there are (3 NAMES).
This description has been updated to include references to War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register for further reading.
Local climate
Lamport War Memorial, Northamptonshire 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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