Smisby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. A C20 War memorial.
Smisby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-thatch-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Smisby War Memorial, Village Green, Junction of Forties Lane, Chapel Street, Main Street and Annwell Lane, LE65 2TY
- OS grid reference
- SK 348 191
- Coordinates
- 52.7685, -1.48504
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Smisby War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1920 by Reverend Marriott. It is made of marble and is situated on a triangular area of grass at the junction of Chapel Street, Forties Lane, and Main Street.
The memorial features a marble Latin cross that rises from a tapering plinth, which sits on a two-stepped base, with the lower step made of concrete. The cross-head is surrounded by a carved wreath of flowers, and each face of the plinth is recessed.
On the south face of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads: "ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS IN MEMORY OF SMISBY MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 R.I.P." The north face states "FOR KING AND COUNTRY," while the names of the four fallen soldiers are inscribed on the other sides.
The memorial is located on a square concreted area that is enclosed by iron railings.
Local climate
Smisby War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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