Whitwick War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2019. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Whitwick War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- shifting-stone-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Whitwick War Memorial, Churchyard of St John the Baptist, Junction of Church Lane and North Street, LE67 5HA
- OS grid reference
- SK 435 161
- Coordinates
- 52.74137, -1.35699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whitwick War Memorial, built in 1921, is made of Cornish grey granite, bronze, and granolithic concrete. It features a wheel head cross on a three-tiered plinth with chamfered edges, resting on a six-stepped base. The upper five tiers are octagonal in shape, while the lowest tier is circular. The plinth displays inscriptions on cast bronze plaques.
The inscriptions include: on the upper tier of the 6, 3, and 12 o'clock faces, "IN PROUD MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF WHITWICK / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WAR / 1914 - 1918"; the middle tier lists names; and on the lower tier at the 6 o'clock face, "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR / EVERMORE." On the 9 o'clock faces, the upper tier reads, "IN PROUD MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF WHITWICK / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WAR / 1939 - 1945," with names on the middle tier. The step riser faces, from bottom to top, are marked with the years "1914," "1915," "1916," "1917," and "1918."
Local climate
Whitwick 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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