War Memorial In The Churchyard Of Church Of St Wulfram

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.