Ravenstone War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 2019. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Ravenstone War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- roaming-iron-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Ravenstone War Memorial, Church of St Michael &Amp; All Angels, Church Lane, Ravenstone with Snibstone, LE67 2AE
- OS grid reference
- SK 401 139
- Coordinates
- 52.72127, -1.40634
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ravenstone War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1920 and altered after the Second World War. It is located in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels Church in Ravenstone, which is a Grade II* listed building, and stands within the Ravenstone Conservation Area.
The memorial is made from Weldon Stone and Swithland Slate. It features a stylised floriated cross atop a slender, tapering octagonal shaft, which is set on a square plinth. This plinth rests on a two-stepped square base.
On the front of the memorial, the inscription reads "IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE UNRETURNING BRAVE 1914 1919." The other three sides of the plinth are adorned with Swithland slate tablets that list the names of the 28 individuals who fell during the First World War.
The top step of the base has been inlaid with Swithland slate, which commemorates the five names of those who fell in the Second World War. The face of this step bears the inscription "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
Local climate
Ravenstone 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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