Burbage War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 2019. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Burbage War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silver-gable-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Burbage War Memorial, Memorial Garden, Junction of Church Street and New Road, Leicestershire, LE10 2DA
- OS grid reference
- SP 442 925
- Coordinates
- 52.52922, -1.34873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Burbage War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was erected in 1921, featuring sculpture by TS Lord and Sons, with additional names added after the Second World War.
The memorial consists of an approximately 1.8-meter tall marble figure of a First World War infantry soldier, depicted in a relaxed pose, leaning on his downturned rifle. This figure stands atop a 2.5-meter tall square-sectioned limestone pedestal, which has a deep cornice and a moulded foot. The pedestal is inscribed with leaded lettering.
The inscription reads: "TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE BURBAGE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS./ (NAMES)/ THE MEN NAMED ABOVE DIED LATER/ FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR/ 1914 – 1918./ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BURBAGE/ WHO DIED WHERE DUTY CALLED/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Burbage 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 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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