Sutton-in-Craven War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 2019. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Sutton-in-Craven War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dusk-sandstone-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Sutton-in-Craven War Memorial, Sutton-In-Craven Park, Main Street, BD20 7JS
- OS grid reference
- SE 006 442
- Coordinates
- 53.89447, -1.99192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sutton-in-Craven War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921 by Messrs Wright and Sons of Bradford, with additions for the Second World War.
Constructed from sandstone, the memorial is centrally located on the western side of Sutton-in-Craven Park. It features a Latin cross with terminal caps, rising from a slightly tapering octagonal collared shaft. This cross shaft is supported by an octagonal moulded base on a square-plan pedestal, which has a projecting plain cornice and torus skirting. The pedestal is set on a plinth that includes a chamfered and moulded cornice and a splayed foot, resting on a two-step base atop a low podium.
On the east elevation of the pedestal, there is a bronze plaque inscribed with: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ FOR GOD, KING, AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'." The names of 40 men who died in the First World War are listed on bronze plaques on the other three sides of the pedestal. A wreath is carved in relief on the east (main) elevation of the plinth, featuring the dates: 1914/ 1919. Additionally, the east elevation of the upper step of the base has a bronze plaque that reads: "ALSO TO THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO/ FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (15 NAMES)." A canted stone wedge on the west face of the base displays a bronze plaque stating: "THE FOLLOWING NAMES WERE ADDED ON 4TH AUGUST 2014/ ON THE CENTENARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (11 NAMES)."
Local climate
Sutton-in-Craven War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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