Swineshead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 2011. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Swineshead War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- pale-iron-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 2011
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Swineshead War Memorial, Market Place, Lincolnshire, PE20 3LJ
- OS grid reference
- TF 237 402
- Coordinates
- 52.94532, -0.15924
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swineshead War Memorial was dedicated in 1920 and designed by Mr Bond of Grantham, with construction carried out by Maxeys of Sleaford. It is built from limestone, possibly Barnack stone, and incorporates slate plaques. The memorial takes the form of a cross with an octagonal base and shaft. Three steps lead to an octagonal plinth, which features crenellated detailing at the top. The plinth supports a slender, tapering shaft topped with a calvary. Shields are positioned at the top of each of the eight panels around the plinth; five of these panels have slate plaques, one bearing the inscription "IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914-1918 WHO STAND IF FREEDOM FALL WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE". The remaining plaques list the names of those who died in both World Wars.
Local climate
Swineshead War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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