Thorpe Langton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2019. War memorial.
Thorpe Langton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-string-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Thorpe Langton War Memorial, Churchyard of St Leonard, Church Lane, Leicestershire, LE16 7TR
- OS grid reference
- SP 740 924
- Coordinates
- 52.52483, -0.90976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thorpe Langton War Memorial, built in 1921, is made of Clipsham stone and other stone materials. It features a carved wheel cross on a shaft, which stands above a plinth with a simply-moulded cap, all resting on a single-stepped square base. The plinth is inscribed with incised lettering that reads: "ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF/ THORPE LANGTON/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ GNR HG PALMER/ 119TH ARMY BRIGADE RFA/ KILLED IN ACTION/ JUNE 21st 1917 AT YPRES/ HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY/ GREATER HONOUR HATH NO MAN THAN THIS."
Local climate
Thorpe Langton War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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