War Memorial and Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1984. A C20 Memorial. 3 related planning applications.
War Memorial and Walls
- WRENN ID
- drifting-landing-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1984
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial and Walls, Cross Green, Rothley, LE7 7PF
- OS grid reference
- SK 584 127
- Coordinates
- 52.7094, -1.137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Rothley, dating from around 1920, is constructed from granite stone and slate. It features a rusticated square pedestal sitting on a stepped plinth, with a rectangular block above that is topped by a short obelisk. Inscribed tablets on the block and pedestal commemorate the names of those who fell in both World Wars. Surrounding the memorial are low stone walls made of granite rubble stone, capped with stone coping.
Local climate
War Memorial and Walls receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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