Billinghay War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 2016. War memorial.
Billinghay War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- buried-vault-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Billinghay War Memorial, Market Place, Junction of Church Street and Victoria Street, Lincolnshire, LN4 4HW
- OS grid reference
- TF 155 549
- Coordinates
- 53.07931, -0.2762
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Billinghay War Memorial is located in the village marketplace, where it remains in its original position despite road and footpath remodelling in 2006. It now stands on a brick peninsula between Church Street and Bridge Street.
Constructed from Glencoe grey granite, the memorial features a two-stepped base that is square in plan, with the lowest step made of York stone. Above this base is a two-stage square plinth that slightly tapers towards the top and has a rolled edge. A round column rises from the plinth, with a square base that has broach-stops on the corners, giving it an octagonal profile. A wreath is carved in relief on the west-facing side of the column. The top of the column is adorned with a carved ring and echinus featuring acanthus leaves, culminating in an elaborate fleur-de-lys inspired by the Lincoln coat of arms.
The upper stage of the plinth is inscribed on three sides with the names of those who died in the First World War. The main dedicatory inscription on the west face reads: "OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ THIS/ MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE PARISHONERS OF/ BILLINGHAY/ TO THE ENDURING MEMORY OF THE COMRADES/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919." The dates 1939 – 1945 are carved on the upper surface of the lower stage, along with the names of those who died during the Second World War on the riser.
The memorial is enclosed by a square railed enclosure, and there are white-painted vases at each of the four corners of the lowest step and on the paving inside the enclosure, although these features are not of special interest.
Local climate
Billinghay 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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