Bagworth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2019. War memorial.
Bagworth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- swift-joist-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bagworth War Memorial, Holy Rood Church (Demolished), Old School Lane, Leicestershire, Bagworth & Thornton, LE67 1DE
- OS grid reference
- SK 449 079
- Coordinates
- 52.66739, -1.33685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bagworth War Memorial is a First World War memorial dating from around 1920, which was altered following the Second World War. It is made of stone and features bronze plaques.
The memorial is located in the churchyard of the now-demolished Holy Rood Church, near the entrance from Old School Lane, and stands on the platform of a former terrace to the church. It consists of a plain Latin cross made of stone, with chamfered edges throughout, and a relief-carved shield of St George at the center of the tapering shaft. The shaft is set on a low eight-sided plinth that has a square base with deeply chamfered corners.
The dedication is inscribed on the shaft, while the names and Second World War inscriptions are displayed on cast bronze plaques around the plinth. The inscription includes both incised text on the shaft and the bronze plaques, reading: 1914/ TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ PROUD/ AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY/ OF THE/ NOBLE DEAD/ 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES).
Local climate
Bagworth War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% 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 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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