Butterwick War Memorial Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 2017. War memorial.
Butterwick War Memorial Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- ragged-window-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Butterwick War Memorial Obelisk, St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Road, Lincolnshire, PE22 0HT
- OS grid reference
- TF 387 449
- Coordinates
- 52.9836, 0.06561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Butterwick War Memorial Obelisk is situated next to the churchyard path, immediately south of the Church of St Andrew, which is a Grade I-listed building. The memorial is enclosed within a square kerbed area that is surfaced with green glass chippings. It features an obelisk made of polished red Aberdeen granite, resting on a square stone base. Above this base is a three-stage pedestal, also in granite, with each step having a chamfered edge. The obelisk itself has a four-sided, tapering shaft that culminates in a pyramidal top.
On the upper stage of the base, the western and southern faces are inscribed with incised lettering that is painted in silver. The main inscription is identical on both sides and reads: "ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF BUTTERWICK TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS VILLAGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918)."
Local climate
Butterwick War Memorial Obelisk 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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