Thurmaston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 2018. War memorial.
Thurmaston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- floating-tower-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Thurmaston War Memorial, Thurmaston Memorial Hall, Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 8BD
- OS grid reference
- SK 609 092
- Coordinates
- 52.67791, -1.10019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thurmaston War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1929, with later additions. It is square in plan and made of limestone, featuring an obelisk on a tapered plinth with a two-stepped base. The front (east) side of the obelisk displays a wreath carved in high relief, while the plinth has gold-painted inscriptions on each side. The front of the plinth reads: ‘TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / THURMASTON / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS / 1914-18 ---- 1939-45 / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS / FRIENDS’. The north and south sides of the plinth list the dates of the First World War, along with 20 and 25 names of the fallen, respectively. The rear (west) side features the dates of the Second World War and includes 21 names of the fallen, two of which were added later. The memorial is surrounded by a painted metal fence with pointed finials on alternate balusters. The fence includes a gate on the west side and has metal lettering on the front facing Melton Road that reads: ‘1995 / Thurmaston / Parish Council’.
Local climate
Thurmaston War Memorial 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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