Skirbeck Quarter War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 2016. War memorial.
Skirbeck Quarter War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- high-render-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Skirbeck Quarter War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Thomas, London Road, Lincolnshire, PE21 7EJ
- OS grid reference
- TF 324 426
- Coordinates
- 52.96518, -0.02897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Skirbeck Quarter War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Thomas in Skirbeck Quarter, Boston. It stands to the south-east of the church within a triangular area next to the path. The memorial is made of white stone and features a tall Latin cross with the letters IHS carved at the center of the cross arms. It rises from a square plinth and a three-stepped base.
The cross shaft has a square shape with chamfered edges and small roll stops at the bottom. The horizontal cross-beam mirrors this design, with squared ends that include a recessed cross. The plinth is also square, with chamfered corners, broach stops at the base, and a canted top. The stepped base is square and lacks decoration.
On the front face of the plinth, the inscription reads "THE/ GALLANT/ DEAD/ 1914 + 1918/ R.I.P." The other sides of the plinth are inscribed with the names of those who fell in the war.
Local climate
Skirbeck Quarter 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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