Swithland Cross War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 2012. War memorial.
Swithland Cross War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- veiled-tallow-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 2012
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Swithland Cross War Memorial, Main Street, LE12 8TH
- OS grid reference
- SK 549 131
- Coordinates
- 52.71328, -1.1887
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swithland Cross War Memorial, built around 1920, is made of Swithland stone and timber and has a square shape. The memorial features a timber Celtic cross mounted on a square stone pedestal, topped with a plain capping of Swithland slate. On the front of the pedestal is a rectangular plaque of Swithland slate, inscribed with a dedication to the fallen that reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF (NAMES) WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-1918 1939-1945." The monument and pedestal are set on a five-tiered stone plinth, which is paved with Swithland slate, and there are plain iron railings surrounding the plinth.
Local climate
Swithland Cross War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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