Long Whatton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 2018. War memorial.
Long Whatton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- riven-thatch-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Long Whatton War Memorial, the Green, Opposite All Saints Church, Long Whatton and Diseworth, LE12 5DB
- OS grid reference
- SK 482 232
- Coordinates
- 52.80509, -1.28641
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Long Whatton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, with additions for the Second World War. It is constructed from rock-faced Cornish granite and is located in a semi-circular enclosure on the south side of The Green, directly in front of Long Whatton Church of England Primary School, which dates back to 1847.
The memorial features a two-stepped base, a trapezoidal plinth, and a tall shaft that tapers in rectangular section to a Celtic wheel-head cross. The north face of the shaft is adorned with a relief carving of the Sword of Sacrifice. Attached to the base is a Second World War memorial tablet, also made of Cornish granite.
The First World War inscription is in leaded lettering on the polished north face of the plinth, reading: 'FOR KING AND COUNTRY / IN HONOUR AND GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF LONG WHATTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / [Names] / LEST WE FORGET'. Below this is the Second World War dedication, which states '1939 - 1945 / [NAMES] / IN MEMORIAM'.
The concrete block wall that encloses the memorial is not included in the listing.
Local climate
Long Whatton 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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