Skellingthorpe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 2016. War memorial.

Skellingthorpe War Memorial

WRENN ID: hollow-baluster-soot
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: North Kesteven
Country: England
Date first listed: 7 December 2016
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

MATERIALS: Cornish granite.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located within the churchyard of St Lawrence’s Church. It consists of a wheel-head cross set on top of a tapering square shaft. The shaft rises from a trapezoid shape plinth which sits on a two-stepped square base.

The front face of the plinth carries the dedication for the First World War and reads: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE/ MEN OF SKELLINGTHORPE WHO/ DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES).

The base of the shaft is incised IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939 – 1945.

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