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
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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