War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. War memorial.
War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- turning-step-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial Cross, Cross Bank, Great Easton
- OS grid reference
- SP 849 929
- Coordinates
- 52.52776, -0.74908
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial Cross in Great Easton was built around 1920 and is made of stone. It features a double stepped octagonal plinth and a square pedestal that is chamfered to an octagon at the top, leaving the corners as simple spurs. From this pedestal rises a shaft that is square at the base and then transitions to an octagonal shape, topped with a cross that has a crenellated finial. The arms of the cross have foliated ends, and there is a shield in the center. The pedestal and the base of the shaft bear inscriptions and the names of those who fell in both World Wars. The total height of the memorial is approximately 5 meters.
Local climate
War Memorial Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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