Holcot War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1985. War memorial.
Holcot War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dim-pedestal-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1985
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Holcot War Memorial, Back Lane
- OS grid reference
- SP 792 696
- Coordinates
- 52.31954, -0.83884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Holcot War Memorial is located at a road junction near the center of the village, where Back Lane branches off Moulton Road. It features a medieval-style cross made of Weldon stone, standing approximately 4 meters tall, with an intricate foliate head. The cross is mounted on a squat two-stage octagonal shaft, which rises from a square plinth atop a stepped octagonal base made of Derbyshire stone. Surrounding the base is a modern pebble surround with a kerb, which is not included in the listing.
Slate panels are set into the plinth. The front panel is inscribed with "THIS CROSS WAS GIVEN BY/ MRS E.L. DANIELS/ THE PATRON OF THIS LIVING." The rear face reads, "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/. GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN THAN THIS." The names of those who died in the war are listed on the other two faces, and the name of a villager who died in the Second World War has been added to the front panel.
Local climate
Holcot War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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