War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1987. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
silent-tracery-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harborough
Constituency
South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1987
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, High Street, Husbands Bosworth
OS grid reference
SP 644 843
Coordinates
52.4534, -1.05338
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

War Memorial. Constructed in 1918, it is built from limestone ashlar. The memorial comprises a tapering shaft topped with a cross-head in a Celtic style. This is mounted on a square base bearing inscriptions, which itself sits upon a circular base with rectangular steps set diagonally to the main square base.

Local climate

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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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