Skirbeck War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 2016. War memorial.
Skirbeck War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-passage-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Skirbeck War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas, Fishtoft Road, Lincolnshire, PE21 0DJ
- OS grid reference
- TF 338 431
- Coordinates
- 52.96881, -0.00893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Skirbeck War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, located in the churchyard of St Nicholas Church, which is a Grade II* listed building. The memorial stands approximately 4 meters tall and is made of limestone. At the top, there is a crucifix beneath a triangular canopy that is carved to resemble a wooden roof. On the southern side, there is a carved figure of the Virgin and child. The hooded Calvary sits atop an octagonal shaft that features broach-stops at its base. The shaft has a square base and is positioned on a square plinth with a bevelled top, which is inscribed with incised lettering. The north face reads "IN MEMORIAM," the east face "RIP," the south face "PRO PATRIA," and the west face displays "1914-1918." Below these inscriptions, the names of 36 men from the parish who died during the First World War are engraved on each face.
Local climate
Skirbeck 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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