Shenton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 2018. War memorial.
Shenton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lunar-rafter-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Shenton War Memorial, Corner of Pump Street and Bosworth Road, Leicestershire, Dadlington & Sutton Cheney, CV13 6DP
- OS grid reference
- SK 387 003
- Coordinates
- 52.59958, -1.42993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shenton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, situated in a roadside garden area at the corner of Pump Street and Bosworth Road, across from the Grade II*-listed Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton Hall, and its Gatehouse.
The memorial is made of rough-hewn, grey Cornish granite and features a tall wheel-head cross that rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth. This plinth sits on a single-stepped concrete base, which has a low semi-circular projection on the south face.
On the south face of the plinth, there is a smooth, inset panel that displays an inscription and names in incised lettering. The inscription reads, "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 (7 NAMES) THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." Above the inscription, there is an incised symbol of a Latin cross.
Local climate
Shenton War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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