Twycross War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 2018. Memorial.
Twycross War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- leaning-marble-poplar
- 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
- Memorial
- Address
- Twycross War Memorial, Village Green, Junction of Main Road (A444) with Sheepy Road (B4116), Leicestershire, CV9 3PL
- OS grid reference
- SK 336 049
- Coordinates
- 52.64113, -1.50355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Twycross War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1919, with an addition for the Second World War. It is situated at the north-west corner of the village green, where Main Road meets Sheepy Road, near the Grade II-listed Twycross House School.
The memorial is made of Cornish grey granite and features a tall, wheel-head cross. On the north-west face, there is an inverted Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief, which has a trefoil symbol on the pommel and at the ends of its cross-guard. The cross stands on a four-sided, tapering plinth that displays dedications and names in leaded lettering on a smooth, inset panel on the north-west face. The entire structure is set on a small paved foundation.
The dedication reads: "ERECTED BY GRATEFUL PARISHIONERS AND/ FRIENDS TO COMMEMORATE THE NAMES OF ITS/ FAITHFUL SONS WHO FOUGHT AND GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 – 1918/ (5 NAMES)/ R.I.P/ DEDICATED BY THE REV. E. DEACON VICAR/ AND UNVEILED BY LADY WARING ON SUNDAY NOV. 16TH 1919/ 1939 - 1945 - (1 NAME)."
Local climate
Twycross War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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