War Memorial in the Churchyard of Christ Church, Gedney Dawsmere is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 2008. War memorial.
War Memorial in the Churchyard of Christ Church, Gedney Dawsmere
- WRENN ID
- high-turret-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 2008
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TF 442 301
- Coordinates
- 52.84944, 0.14029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial stands in the churchyard of Christ Church, Gedney Dawsmere, and was erected around 1919 to commemorate the men from the parish of Gedney who were killed during the First World War. Later inscriptions were added to remember the five men who died in the Second World War.
The memorial is constructed from limestone and comprises a three-stepped square base supporting an octagonal plinth, an octagonal shaft, and a gabled crucifix with Gothic cusping and a finely-sculpted figure of Christ. The plinth is inscribed with the dates '1914-1918' and the words 'To the / Glory of God / and in undying / memory of the / men from this / Parish who died / in The Great War', followed by the names of 21 fallen. An inscription '1939-1945' has been added, listing the names and ranks of the five men who died in the Second World War.
The village of Dawsmere was created in the 1860s by the Cardwell brothers, who drained the Gedney Marsh and built Christ Church to the designs of Ewan Christian. The war memorial is historically significant as a memorial to the impact of both World Wars on the local community. The memorial has group value when considered alongside Christ Church and the vicarage, also designed by Ewan Christian. The memorial is noted for its delicately carved limestone, particularly the sculpted figure of Christ on the cross.
Local climate
War Memorial in the Churchyard of Christ Church, Gedney Dawsmere sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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