Rossington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 2019. War memorial.
Rossington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lesser-pilaster-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme MP: Lee Pitcher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Rossington War Memorial, Sheep Bridge Lane, DN11 0EZ
- OS grid reference
- SK 625 984
- Coordinates
- 53.47895, -1.05923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rossington War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1944, with later additions for conflicts in the 20th century. It is made of granite, concrete, brick, and bronze and is located on a corner site next to the churchyard of the Church of St Michael.
The memorial features a simple rough-hewn Greek cross with a tapering four-sided shaft, which is mounted on a tapering rectangular pedestal. This structure is raised on a secondary brick plinth, topped with a projecting coping stone that consists of a plain concrete slab.
On the north-east side of the pedestal, there is a shallow rectangular recessed ashlar panel with an inscription in lead lettering that reads: "TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN. 'WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.' A TRIBUTE FROM THE ROSSINGTON BRITISH LEGION. WOMEN'S SECTION. 1944." Additionally, a rectangular framed bronze tablet is placed against the plinth, which states: "IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR US AND THE COUNTRY, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE." The names of the Fallen are listed on the tablet under date headings: 1914 - 1918 (25 names), 1939 - 1945 (43 names, including two women), and POST 1945 (six names).
Local climate
Rossington War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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.
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