Steps to Base of Former Village Cross Now War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1988. Memorial.
Steps to Base of Former Village Cross Now War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- calm-cornice-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1988
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Steps to Base of Former Village Cross Now War Memorial, the Green, Helpringham
- OS grid reference
- TF 139 407
- Coordinates
- 52.95211, -0.30496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps to the base of the former village cross, now serving as a war memorial, date from the 14th century and were altered in 1920. They are constructed from limestone ashlar and consist of four square steps that support a Great War memorial. This memorial features a square base block, a tapering shaft, and a wheel head.
Local climate
Steps to Base of Former Village Cross Now War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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