Shepshed War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 2012. War memorial.
Shepshed War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-brick-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Loughborough MP: Dr Jeevun Sandher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 2012
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Shepshed War Memorial, Glenmore Park, Britannia Street, Leicestershire
- OS grid reference
- SK 477 194
- Coordinates
- 52.77075, -1.29414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shepshed War Memorial is made of Portland stone and features a square pillar with a moulded plinth. At each corner, there are square piers that project obliquely, and the memorial stands on a three-stepped base. It has a plain frieze and a projecting cornice adorned with egg and dart decoration. At the top, there is a smaller square pillar with a plain cornice that supports a circular finial topped with a bronze flame.
Surrounding the main pillar are fourteen rectangular marble tablets that were originally intended for names but remain unused. The four sides of the smaller square pillar are engraved with the words: "TO THE MEN WHO CAME/ FROM SHEPSHED/ OAKS-IN-CHARNWOOD/ AND CHARLEY/ 1914-1918/ FOR GOD/ KING AND/ COUNTRY." Each corner pier features carved wreaths that incorporate three small panels arranged vertically, with the panels engraved with the following names of battles: "DARDANELLES/ YPRES/ FALKLANDS; HOOGE/ LOOS/ JUTLAND; VERDUN/ VIMY RIDGE/ CAMBRIA; AISNE/ MONS/ MARNE."
On the main face of the pillar, a large bronze plaque is inscribed with "THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1914-1918," followed by the names of the fallen. Below this, it states "THESE ALSO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1939-1945," along with their names. Additionally, a more recent black marble tablet on the plinth commemorates the names of the sponsors.
Local climate
Shepshed War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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