Birstall War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 2012. War memorial.
Birstall War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- proud-clay-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 2012
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Birstall War Memorial, War Memorial in the Churchyard of the Church of St James the Great, Front Street, Leicestershire
- OS grid reference
- SK 596 088
- Coordinates
- 52.67424, -1.11869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Birstall War Memorial is made of ashlar stone and features a slate plaque. It is situated to the east of the church, at the edge of the churchyard.
The memorial stands on a square base with two shallow steps and one lower, segmental-shaped step on the west side. It has a square plinth that supports a four-sided, tapered shaft, which is decorated along each edge with cable moulding. At the top, it is crowned with a plain square capital and a wheel-head cross. On the east side of the shaft, there is a stone-carved sword of sacrifice. The plinth displays slate memorial plaques on three sides, featuring gold inscriptions. The inscription on the east side reads: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BIRSTALL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-1919 1939-1945’. The names of the fallen from the First World War are inscribed on the west side, while those from the Second World War are listed on the north side.
Local climate
Birstall 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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