Colston Bassett War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 2016. War memorial.
Colston Bassett War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- still-bronze-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Colston Bassett War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St John the Divine, Church Gate, Notts, NG12 3FP
- OS grid reference
- SK 699 332
- Coordinates
- 52.89247, -0.96146
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Colston Bassett War Memorial is made of limestone and features a wheel cross with decorative foliate carvings and a central rose motif carved in low relief on its front face. The wheel of the cross head has a carved crossed ribbon design on its front. Both the arms of the cross and the shaft are octagonal in shape. The shaft rises from a square plinth that sits on a single stepped base.
On the front of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads: "TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF COLSTON BASSETT/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." Additionally, the rear face of the plinth features another inscription that states: "WE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT/ I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE/ I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH."
Local climate
Colston Bassett 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
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