Leebotwood War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 2015. War memorial.
Leebotwood War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- western-span-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SO 471 986
- Coordinates
- 52.58337, -2.7821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Leebotwood War Memorial is a churchyard memorial built in 1923. It is made of limestone and is situated at the junction of two gravel paths in the graveyard to the east of the Church of St Mary. The memorial takes the form of a Celtic Cross, featuring a wheel head on a pedestal with a stepped, square plinth.
The cross is constructed of ashlar and has a wheel head. The head and the tapered shaft are adorned with entwined Celtic knot decorations in sunken panels on the west face, while the east face and flanks remain blank. The pedestal has a domed top and a tapered body, with chamfered corners. The west face of the pedestal displays the inscription: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THESE PARISHES / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / ETERNAL REST AND PEACE GRANT TO THEIR SOULS O / LORD AND LET LIGHT EVER / LASTING SHINE UPON THEM.’ The names of the fallen from the First World War are inscribed on the west face, while the names of those who died in the Second World War are on the south side. The maker's mark ‘W.JONES / SALOP’ is also inscribed on the plinth.
Local climate
Leebotwood War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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 — 1 transaction since 2006
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