29th Division War Memorial (formerly MONUMENT AT JUNCTION OF A45 AND FOSSE WAY) is a Grade II* listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. A Modern War memorial. 1 related planning application.
29th Division War Memorial (formerly MONUMENT AT JUNCTION OF A45 AND FOSSE WAY)
- WRENN ID
- leaning-chapel-sable
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1987
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- 29th Division War Memorial (formerly MONUMENT AT JUNCTION OF A45 AND FOSSE WAY), London Road (A45), Stretton-On-Dunsmore
- OS grid reference
- SP 414 732
- Coordinates
- 52.35592, -1.39228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The 29th Division War Memorial is located in a circular, gravelled area on the west side of the roundabout at the junction of the A45 and B4455. It features a 12-meter high tapering monolith made of Portland stone, topped with a square moulded urn finial with a crown. The monolith is set on a moulded and banded pedestal with a cornice. On the north face of the pedestal, there is a moulded panel with the following inscription:
HERE/ IN THE CENTRE OF ENGLAND/ WHERE TELFORD'S COACHING-ROAD/ FROM LONDON TO HOLYHEAD/ IS CROSSED BY THE ROMAN FOSSE WAY/ ON THE 12TH OF MARCH 1915/ HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V/ REVIEWED HIS TROOPS/ OF THE IMMORTAL/ XXIX DIVISION/ SHORTLY BEFORE THEY EMBARKED/ FOR ACTIVE SERVICE/ IN GALLIPOLI/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR STAY IN WARWICKSHIRE/ 1914-15 AND OF THEIR INCOMPARABLE SERVICES/ SINCE THE AVENUE ON THIS ROAD WAS REPLANTED/ AND THIS MONUMENT ERECTED BY/ INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY.
Below the inscription is the Divisional symbol, painted red. The base of the memorial features descriptions of the Division’s order of battle on three sides.
Flanking the memorial is an avenue of lime trees, which originated in the early 18th century as the six-mile-long Dunchurch Avenue along the London Road (now the A45). There have been several re-plantings, including in 1920 and 1921 as part of the memorial to the 29th Division. Originally, two captured field guns were placed on either side of the memorial, but these were likely removed during the Second World War scrap drive.
Local climate
29th Division War Memorial (formerly MONUMENT AT JUNCTION OF A45 AND FOSSE WAY) receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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