War Memorial In The Churchyard Of Church Of St Wulfram

MATERIALS: Clipsham stone.

PLAN: the memorial is located in the churchyard, north-west of the Church of St Wulfram. It is octagonal on plan and consists of four stages.

EXTERIOR: the memorial has an exuberant, highly detailed Gothic design. Upon the two-tiered octagonal base rests an octagonal plinth adorned with a blind Gothic arcade, each side with three trefoil-headed arches, except one side which contains a stone tablet inscribed with the following: 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 is an eight-pointed star on plan, forming 16 Gothic-panelled faces, surmounted by a square, moulded capital embellished with a four leaf flower motif. The highest stage has four richly canopied niches facing the four cardinal points with moulded and crocketed pinnacles at each corner and an octagonal, ribbed and crocketed pinnacle rising from the centre. The cusped niches form the shrine for the figure sculpture. On the west side is Christ on the Cross with the Virgin Mary and St John either side; on the north side is St Wulfram; on the east side is St Michael; and on the south side is St George.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the memorial is set in paving stones which form an octagon.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 January 2017.

This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement on the 14 December2022 to update the text to include the full name of the sculptor, Mr Phillips