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

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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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