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War Memorial

A Grade II Listed Building in Barwell, Leicestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5648 / 52°33'53"N

Longitude: -1.3475 / 1°20'50"W

OS Eastings: 444329

OS Northings: 296526

OS Grid: SP443965

Mapcode National: GBR 7LT.25G

Mapcode Global: WHDJM.8SLN

Plus Code: 9C4WHM73+W2

Entry Name: War Memorial

Listing Date: 10 August 1989

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1295064

English Heritage Legacy ID: 188171

ID on this website: 101295064

Location: Barwell, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, LE9

County: Leicestershire

District: Hinckley and Bosworth

Civil Parish: Barwell

Built-Up Area: Earl Shilton

Traditional County: Leicestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire

Church of England Parish: Barwell St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Leicester

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Description


SP 49 NW TOWN OF HINCKLEY CHURCH LANE (south
side
10/41 Barwell

War Memorial

GV II

War memorial. Circa 1920 in a neo-Gothic style. Stone with engraved
copper panels. Stone plinth to hexagonal pedestal carrying three
crosses from which grows a canopy of three cusped concave pointed
arches with praying angel figures between, with pinnacles behind.
Hexagonal crocketed spire over with floral finial. Panels carrying
names of the fallen on three sides of pedestal, with pinnacles growing
from the other three sides with tracery panels leading to the centre of
the canopied space.


Listing NGR: SP4432996526

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 20 January 2017.

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