West Keal War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 2017. War memorial.
West Keal War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- proud-forge-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- West Keal War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Helen's Church, Rectory Lane, Lincolnshire, PE23 4BJ
- OS grid reference
- TF 367 637
- Coordinates
- 53.15322, 0.04347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The West Keal War Memorial is situated in the churchyard, south of the Church of St Helen, which is a Grade II* listed building. It offers panoramic views over the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and the surrounding fens. The memorial stands 4.3 meters high and is made of Clipsham Stone in the form of a Calvary cross.
It features a two-stepped square base and a square, chamfered plinth from which a slender octagonal cross shaft rises. The cross-head, which emerges from a corbel-like collar, displays a carved figure of the crucified Christ on the western side, while the reverse shows the Madonna and Child. The collar is decorated on the western and eastern sides with shields that bear monograms.
Names are inscribed on three sides of the plinth, with the principal dedicatory inscription on the western face reading: "TO THE MEN OF WEST KEAL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919."
Local climate
West Keal War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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