War Memorial North of Polebrook House at Ngr 484058 is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1996. War memorial.
War Memorial North of Polebrook House at Ngr 484058
- WRENN ID
- standing-transept-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1996
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial North of Polebrook House at Ngr 484058, Desford
- OS grid reference
- SK 483 057
- Coordinates
- 52.6471, -1.28659
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial, located north of Polebrook House, was erected around 1920. It is made of stone and features a tall, narrow rough-hewn design with a smooth carved surface facing down the avenue of trees. The inscribed face reads:
"avenue of trees
is planted
to the memory
of 36 old boys
of this school
who fell in the
Great War
1914-1919"
Below this inscription is a list of the names of those commemorated.
Local climate
War Memorial North of Polebrook House at Ngr 484058 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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