Kingsthorpe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 2018. War memorial.
Kingsthorpe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sacred-screen-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Kingsthorpe War Memorial, Harborough Road, A508 / A5095 Cock Hotel Junction, Northampton, NN2 7AZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 751 629
- Coordinates
- 52.25978, -0.90019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kingsthorpe War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921 by Alfred Turner. It is made of Portland stone and features a resin statue.
The memorial consists of a four-stage, tapering stone pillar that stands on a two-stepped base, topped with a resin figure of St George. St George is depicted holding his sword, which appears as a cross, with a miniature crucifix of Christ in relief.
Originally, the inscriptions on the pillar were carved into the stone, but these were later covered with bronze sheeting that features raised inscriptions. The front of the memorial reads "LEST WE FORGET THESE MEN WERE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH." The other sides display the names of the fallen. Additionally, there is a later metal plaque on the front face below the dedication that commemorates the repair work and reinstatement of the statue.
Local climate
Kingsthorpe 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings