Ashby (Scunthorpe) War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 2023. Memorial.
Ashby (Scunthorpe) War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- grim-merlon-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Scunthorpe MP: Sir Nicholas Dakin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 2023
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Ashby (Scunthorpe) War Memorial, Ashby High Street, DN22 2JR
- OS grid reference
- SE 898 086
- Coordinates
- 53.56659, -0.64421
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ashby (Scunthorpe) War Memorial is a First World War memorial built after 1919 and altered following the Second World War. It features a square plan and is made of a stone shaft topped with a marble pillar and plinth.
Located prominently by the roadside in front of St Paul’s Church and east of the Church Hall, the memorial is set within a paved area that includes a flowerbed designed in the shape of a cross to the west.
The memorial consists of a Celtic cross and a Sword of Sacrifice mounted on a stone shaft, which stands on a marble pillar and plinth, all resting on a four-stepped base. At the back of the base, there are two pairs of pillars that support a low wall. This wall is engraved with a wreath and the dates 1914 and 1918.
The main inscription, in pale lettering on the front of the plinth, reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ASHBY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (NAMES) WORTHY OF HONOUR." Below this, on the front face of the upper step of the base, is an additional inscription: "1939-1945." The names of the fallen are inscribed on the three remaining faces of the plinth.
Local climate
Ashby (Scunthorpe) War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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