Rugby School War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 2015. War memorial.
Rugby School War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tangled-jamb-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SP 503 749
- Coordinates
- 52.37061, -1.26184
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rugby School War Memorial is a memorial cross built in 1920, designed by Sir Charles Nicholson. It is made of Clipsham stone and has a hexagonal shape with a lantern head, shaft, plinth, and a stepped platform.
The head of the memorial features a lantern design with alternating openings and closed panels, each displaying a cross motif. These elements are topped with moulded, ogee heads and gablets. Above the lantern, the monument is finished with a crocketed pinnacle. The shaft of the memorial tapers gradually and includes a moulded base with broaches. The plinth has a cavetto moulding at the top and a chamfered base. On the south side of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads ‘IN REMEMBRANCE / OF OUR DEAD / 1914 – 1919 / THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED / IN THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL’. The plinth is supported by four hexagonal steps.
Local climate
Rugby School War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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