War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1989. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- unlit-timber-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1989
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Wood Street, Earl Shilton
- OS grid reference
- SP 463 977
- Coordinates
- 52.57556, -1.31709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Hinckley, located on Wood Street, was built around 1920. The pedestal was designed by J.W. Worth, with sculpture work by A. Smith and inscriptions created by E.J. William. It is made of Portland stone and features a tall cenotaph with cornices at approximately half-height and at the top, all resting on a low plinth. The lower panels have inscriptions framed by bolection-moulded surrounds, with volute-brackets above that support masks and swags. The upper panels display reliefs of saints, and there is a statue of an angel positioned on top.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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