Caythorpe Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 2016. War memorial.
Caythorpe Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- stranded-chalk-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Caythorpe Memorial Cross, Church Lane, Lincolnshire, NG32 3DP
- OS grid reference
- SK 938 485
- Coordinates
- 53.02608, -0.60217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Caythorpe Memorial Cross is a war memorial situated on a green area to the west of the entrance to the churchyard of the Grade I-listed Parish Church of St Vincent. It is positioned south of a stone wall that curves in a semi-circle around the memorial. The memorial faces south and is surrounded by ornamental metal posts that support a spiked chain.
Constructed from Portland Stone, the memorial is designed in the style of Sir Reginald Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice, with some variations in the foot of the cross shaft and the pedestal. It features an octagonal platform with an octagonal base, an octagonal pedestal, and a Latin cross. A bronze reversed sword is affixed to the front face of the cross.
The main dedicatory inscription, presented in black lettering on the front of the pedestal and extending onto the base below, reads: "IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914-1919/ ALSO/ 1939-45." There are three stone tablets attached to the base. The first tablet, located on the front of the memorial, lists the inscription "1939-1945/ (4 NAMES)." Two additional tablets are mounted on the face of the base to the east, each recording one name. The upper tablet is inscribed with "IRAQ 2003," while the lower one reads "IRAQ 2005."
Behind the memorial, the curved wall is constructed of coursed stone with brick coping. A stone plaque affixed to this wall states: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914 – 1919 / (23 NAMES)."
Local climate
Caythorpe Memorial Cross 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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