Arnesby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2019. War memorial.
Arnesby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rusted-postern-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Arnesby War Memorial, Arnesby Baptist Churchyard, St Peter's Road, Leicestershire, LE8 5WJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 618 924
- Coordinates
- 52.52641, -1.09013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Arnesby War Memorial is an interwar structure created by G Collin & Son of Leicester. It is made of granite and features an ornate wheel head cross and shaft, set on a three-tiered, four-sided plinth. The cross head, wheel, and shaft are intricately carved with interlacing patterns, while the plinth displays leaded inscriptions. The inscriptions are plain for the dedication and names, and gothic for the epitaph around the base.
The leaded lettering reads: "IN/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO DIED IN THE WAR 1914 – 1918/ AND OF (NAME)/ REPORTED AS DEAD/ GOD IS LOVE// WORLD WAR 1939 – 45/ DEDICATED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ (NAME)/ DIED A PRISONER OF WAR/ IN JAPANESE HANDS/ SEPTEMBER 1943/ INASMUCH/ 1914 – 1918 (ADDITIONAL NAME)."
At the rear of the plinth, there is a metal badge that states "G COLLIN & SON/ SCULPTORS/ REGENTS/ LEICESTER."
Local climate
Arnesby War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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