Broughton Astley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
Broughton Astley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-lead-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Broughton Astley War Memorial, Frolesworth Road, Leicestershire, LE9 6PF
- OS grid reference
- SP 525 928
- Coordinates
- 52.53063, -1.22661
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Broughton Astley War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected in 1921, with a later addition for the Second World War. It has a square shape and is made from limestone. The memorial features an undecorated, infilled wheel-head cross atop a tall, tapering shaft, which has a square collar decorated with foliate designs, a plinth, and a two-stepped base. It is set on a square concrete base.
On the front face of the shaft, there is a recessed relief carving of the sword of sacrifice, and at the base of the shaft, there is a carving of a laurel wreath. The plinth includes inset slate panels on each face, with the dedicatory inscription on the front (north-west) face reading:
"ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS OF/ BROUGHTON-ASTLEY/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE/ TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT/ FORGOTTEN."
The names of the fallen are inscribed on the other three faces. Additionally, a plaque on the upper step of the base is inscribed with "1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)." The memorial is located within a landscaped garden.
Local climate
Broughton Astley War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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