South Croxton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 2016. War memorial.
South Croxton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallow-passage-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- South Croxton War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Leicestershire, LE7 3RJ
- OS grid reference
- SK 691 103
- Coordinates
- 52.68609, -0.97836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The South Croxton War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920, made of granite and square in plan. It is located at the entrance to the churchyard of St John the Baptist, which is listed as Grade II*. The memorial features a three-stepped square base, a trapezoidal plinth, and a short shaft that tapers in rectangular section to a Celtic wheel-head cross. Both the shaft and the cross head are adorned with interlace and plain medallion ornamentation, as well as Celtic fret edging that resembles a regularly entwined rope. A slate tablet on the north side of the plinth displays the dedicatory inscription for the First World War, which reads IN MEMORIAM / 1914 - 1918 / [Names].
Local climate
South Croxton War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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