Sharnford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2019. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Sharnford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- proud-wicket-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Sharnford War Memorial, Churchyard of Church of St Helen, Leicester Road, Leicestershire, LE10 3PP
- OS grid reference
- SP 483 919
- Coordinates
- 52.5229, -1.28889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sharnford War Memorial is a war memorial built in 1920. It is made of limestone and features a stone obelisk set on a plinth with a moulded cap and foot, resting on a two-stepped square base. The plinth has inscriptions in incised black lettering that read: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (NAMES) THEIR MEMORY LIVETH EVERMORE ECCLES 44 14 IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 45 (NAMES) THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT ECCLES 44 V 13."
Local climate
Sharnford 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings