Leighton Bromswold War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2010. War memorial.
Leighton Bromswold War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- broken-basalt-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2010
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Leighton Bromswold War Memorial, the Avenue, PE28 5AW
- OS grid reference
- TL 114 753
- Coordinates
- 52.36448, -0.36433
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Leighton Bromswold War Memorial is a stone memorial unveiled in 1920, created by Pettit of Godmanchester. It features a cross with a chamfered shaft and decorative tracery at the angles of the arms. The tall rectangular plinth has a frieze decorated with a flower motif and chamfered corners, which include inset panels and additional tracery detailing. On the south side of the plinth, the names of nine soldiers who died in World War I are inscribed and painted black. Above these names is the inscription: "IN ABIDING MEMORY OF THE UNDERNAMED LEIGHTON LADS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." Below the names is the quote: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS." The memorial has recently undergone grant-aided conservation.
Local climate
Leighton Bromswold War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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