Sheepy Magna War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 2015. War memorial.
Sheepy Magna War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- turning-pediment-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Sheepy Magna War Memorial, All Saints Church, Main Road, Leicestershire, CV9 3QS
- OS grid reference
- SK 326 013
- Coordinates
- 52.6089, -1.5195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sheepy Magna War Memorial is located at the north-east edge of the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, which is also listed at Grade II*. It stands alongside the Main Road and is constructed from Hollington sandstone. The memorial features a foliate cross with a heavily moulded foot, rising from a hexagonal tapered column. The front face of the column is inscribed with the years 1914 and 1918. This column is set on a hexagonal plinth, which is elevated on a two-stepped hexagonal base. All inscriptions on the memorial are incised and painted.
A wreath is carved in low relief on the front face of the plinth, with one name inscribed above and another below. The names of the remaining First World War casualties are carved on the sides of the plinth, to the left and right. An inscription on the base of the plinth states that it was erected by the parishioners.
At the front of the memorial, a plaque commemorating those who fell in the Second World War is positioned at an angle on the steps. This plaque includes the years 1939 to 1945 and lists four names, along with the phrase "Death is swallowed up in victory." Among those named is Private Margaret Thompson of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, who died of pneumonia in 1946 and is buried in the neighbouring parish of Ratcliffe Culey.
Local climate
Sheepy Magna 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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