Sapcote War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 2017. War memorial.
Sapcote War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- grey-eave-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Sapcote War Memorial, Church Street, Leicestershire
- OS grid reference
- SP 488 933
- Coordinates
- 52.53576, -1.28098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sapcote War Memorial is a First World War memorial made of granite. It is located within an elevated roadside memorial garden, which is enclosed on three sides by a hedge, while the fourth side features a low stone wall topped with a decorative metal fence and an access gate from the pavement.
The memorial itself has a three-stepped octagonal base that supports a square plinth. On top of the plinth stands a tapering octagonal column adorned with a decorative collar and a floriated wheel-like botonee cross. At the base of the column, there is a small bronze laurel wreath inscribed in raised lettering: "A TRIBUTE FROM THEIR COMRADES WHO RETURNED." The front face of the plinth bears incised inscriptions filled with black paint, which read: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN REVERENT AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SAPCOTE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS. 1914 - 1919 1939 - 1945 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND." The names of the fallen soldiers are inscribed on the other faces of the plinth and on an angled wedge-shaped tablet positioned on the upper step.
Local climate
Sapcote 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 66% 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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