Fishtoft War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 2016. War memorial.
Fishtoft War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- western-forge-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Fishtoft War Memorial, Fishtoft Road, Lincolnshire, PE21 0QX
- OS grid reference
- TF 362 423
- Coordinates
- 52.96156, 0.02631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fishtoft War Memorial is located within a fenced area to the south-east of Fishtoft Playing Fields, next to Fishtoft Road. It is made of local Clipsham stone and features a spired obelisk topped with a cross, resembling other war memorials created by the same masons at Stickney and East Kirkby.
The memorial is set on a concrete platform with an octagonal two-stepped base. There is an additional prism-shaped stone on the southern side for the Second World War inscription. From the base rises a four-sided plinth with a canted top, supporting the obelisk. The obelisk has a square base with octagonal columns at each corner, each topped with an elaborate foliate capital. These columns support a moulded arch that creates a blind arcade on each side of the plinth. Above this is a tapering four-sided spire, which is finished with a foliate capital and a plain Latin cross.
The memorial lists the names of those who died in the First World War on the southern face, inscribed in black lettering, along with those who served and returned on the other three faces. The southern face reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD &/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO LAID/ DOWN THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (11 NAMES)/ WOUNDED AND DISABLED/ (6 NAMES)/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS/ FRIENDS.” The other three faces include the inscription: "IN/ HONOUR OF THOSE WHO/ ALSO SERVED (NAMES)." The Second World War inscription states: "ALSO TO THOSE WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (7 NAMES)."
Additionally, a wrought iron basket is attached to the base on the eastern side of the memorial.
Local climate
Fishtoft 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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