War Memorial Cross and Enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1988. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial Cross and Enclosure
- WRENN ID
- cold-spire-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1988
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial Cross and Enclosure, Huncote Road, Croft
- OS grid reference
- SP 511 959
- Coordinates
- 52.5589, -1.24727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial cross and enclosure, built around 1920, is made of granite rubble and ashlar. It features a moulded hexagonal plinth with two steps, supporting a short armed square section cross that has a square base. On the eastern side, there are cast metal panels displaying the dates 1914-1918 and the names of the deceased. Surrounding the cross is a semi-circular paved area, which is bordered to the east by eight truncated obelisk posts connected by a spiked chain, and on the other sides by a rubble wall.
Local climate
War Memorial Cross and Enclosure 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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