Evington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 2016. War memorial.
Evington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-pillar-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SK 628 030
- Coordinates
- 52.62138, -1.07342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Evington War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by Stockdale Harrison and Sons Ltd, built by William Moss and Sons, and engraved by The Plasmatic Co. It was unveiled and dedicated on 25 July 1920, with additions made for the Second World War after 1945.
The memorial is located on a slightly elevated paved terrace within an open circular clearing at the junction of Main Street and Church Road, accessible by a series of steps. It features a square-plan, five-stepped base topped by a square pedestal, a column with an orb, and a small metal cross. About a third of the way up the column is a blank oval crest framed by laurel leaves depicted in relief. Three slate tablets are set into the pedestal, each inscribed.
The inscription on the front face of the plinth states that the land on which the memorial stands, known as Kings Orchard, was given to Evington by John Edward Faire Esq. J.P. of Evington Hall as a thanksgiving to God for victory and peace on August 23rd, 1919. The rear face honors Almighty God and notes that the monument was erected by the parishioners of Evington in memory of the men from Evington who lost their lives in the Great War from 1914 to 1918.
The other two faces of the memorial are inscribed with the dates 1939-1945, followed by lists of names of those men from Evington who died during the Second World War.
The memorial is located approximately 85 meters to the north-east of the Grade II listed Evington Baptist Chapel.
Local climate
Evington War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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