Church Langton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Church Langton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- high-porch-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Church Langton War Memorial, Church Lane, Leicestershire, East Langton, LE16 7SZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 722 932
- Coordinates
- 52.53269, -0.93559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church Langton War Memorial is made of limestone and features a wheel-head cross with a Sword of Sacrifice carved in low relief. The cross is mounted on a tapered rectangular plinth and base, standing approximately 3.6 meters high.
The plinth has a dedicatory inscription that is duplicated: it is presented in lead lettering on the front and carved in relief on the rear. The inscription reads: 1914 – 1919/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ (NAMES FOLLOWED BY VILLAGES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
Local climate
Church 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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