Congerstone war memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 2019. War memorial.
Congerstone war memorial
- WRENN ID
- last-corbel-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Congerstone war memorial, Memorial Green, Junction of Main Street and Barton Road, Leicestershire, Shackerstone
- OS grid reference
- SK 368 054
- Coordinates
- 52.64554, -1.4572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Congerstone war memorial is a First World War memorial that was erected in 1922, with additional names added after the Second World War. It is made of stone and features a cross approximately 3 meters tall with short arms. The face of the cross and the upper part of the tapering four-sided shaft are adorned with Celtic interlace carvings. This shaft sits atop a simple, slightly tapering plinth and a single-stepped platform.
The shaft includes a dedication, while the plinth contains the main inscriptions, which are incised and highlighted in black lettering. The inscription reads: "ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF CONGERSTONE GOPSALL AND BILSTONE IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 FROM CONGERSTONE (NAMES) FROM GOPSALL (NAMES) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. DEDICATED BY REV. T. W. WALTERS MA RURAL DEAN REV. ADRIAN S. ROLLASTON RECTOR UNVEILED BY THE RIGHT HONL LORD WARING DECEMBER 9TH 1922. 1939 – 1945 (NAMES)."
Local climate
Congerstone 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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