War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1987. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silver-crypt-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1987
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, the Square, Dunchurch, CV22 6NU
- OS grid reference
- SP 485 712
- Coordinates
- 52.33698, -1.28879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Dunchurch, located in The Square, was constructed around 1919. It is made of sandstone and designed in the Perpendicular style. The memorial features an octagonal shape with four steps leading up to it. It has a pedestal with blind tracery panels that include an inscription, a tapering shaft with a moulded base and leaf capital, and an ornamental cross at the top.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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