War Memorial in the Churchyard of Church of St Wulfram is a Grade II* listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1972. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
War Memorial in the Churchyard of Church of St Wulfram
- WRENN ID
- pitched-arch-grain
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 1972
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in the Churchyard of Church of St Wulfram, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6RR
- OS grid reference
- SK 914 361
- Coordinates
- 52.91497, -0.64164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Wulfram is made of Clipsham stone and is located to the north-west of the church. It has an octagonal shape and consists of four stages.
The exterior features a highly detailed Gothic design. It stands on a two-tiered octagonal base, which supports an octagonal plinth decorated with a blind Gothic arcade. Each side of the plinth has three trefoil-headed arches, except for one side that includes a stone tablet inscribed with: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE GRANTHAM MEN WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON THE WALL WITHIN THE CHURCH. IN MEMORY ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945." Above this, the broached column has an eight-pointed star shape, creating 16 Gothic-panelled faces, and is topped with a square, moulded capital featuring a four-leaf flower motif.
The highest stage includes four richly canopied niches that face the cardinal points, with moulded and crocketed pinnacles at each corner and a central octagonal, ribbed and crocketed pinnacle. The cusped niches serve as shrines for the figure sculptures: on the west side is Christ on the Cross flanked by the Virgin Mary and St John; on the north side is St Wulfram; on the east side is St Michael; and on the south side is St George.
The memorial is set in paving stones that form an octagon.
Local climate
War Memorial in the Churchyard of Church of St Wulfram 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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