Hemington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 2020. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Hemington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- south-bonework-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hemington War Memorial, Church Lane, Lockington-Hemington, DE74 2RB
- OS grid reference
- SK 456 277
- Coordinates
- 52.84566, -1.3242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hemington War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1921, with an additional name added after the Second World War. It is made of Hopton Wood stone and is located on the village green at the junction of Church Lane, Hemington Hill, and Main Street.
The memorial features a plain cross mounted on a three-stepped plinth, which sits on a base. An inscription in relief on the shaft of the cross reads: "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO PAID THE PRICE 1914/1918." The names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the top two steps, while the name of the soldier who fell in the Second World War is on the bottom step. The memorial is set on a mound of roughly hewn rock, referred to as a ‘grotto’ in the Long Eaton Advertiser. It is enclosed by a fence made of oak corner posts and iron palisades, with a gate on one side.
Local climate
Hemington War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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