Church of St John the Baptist, Holthouse Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. A C19 Memorial cross.
Church of St John the Baptist, Holthouse Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- far-bronze-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Memorial cross
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, Holthouse Memorial Cross, Hellidon
- OS grid reference
- SP 515 581
- Coordinates
- 52.21937, -1.24654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. John the Baptist features a memorial cross dedicated to Charles Scrafton Holthouse, who served as vicar at Hellidon from 1845 until his death in 1881. The cross was designed by William Butterfield and is made of dressed sandstone and limestone. It has a moulded and chamfered plinth, with a foliated cross and a tapering shaft resting on a large rectangular base that has sloping 'roof' sides. The base includes inscriptions on limestone, framed by foiled arches. This memorial was erected from a fund raised by public subscription.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist, Holthouse Memorial Cross receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% 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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