Swineshead War Memorial

Market Place, Swineshead, Boston, Lincolnshire

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Swineshead War Memorial, erected in 1920 to commemorate the dead of the First World War, with the added names of those who died in the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1404589
Date first listed:: 21-Nov-2011
List Entry Name:: Swineshead War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Market Place, Swineshead, Boston, Lincolnshire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1404589
Date first listed:: 21-Nov-2011
List Entry Name:: Swineshead War Memorial
Location Description:: This war memorial stands in the centre of the Market Place, Swineshead, Lincolnshire. The postcode is PE20 3LJ.
Statutory Address 1:: Market Place, Swineshead, Boston, Lincolnshire

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Market Place, Swineshead, Boston, Lincolnshire

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Lincolnshire
District:: Boston (District Authority)
Parish:: Swineshead
National Grid Reference:: TF2378540242

Summary

Swineshead War Memorial, erected in 1920 to commemorate the dead of the First World War, with the added names of those who died in the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

The Swineshead War Memorial, erected in 1920, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Historic Interest: it is a moving reminder of the impact of the World Wars on both large and small communities, and of the sacrifice they suffered

* Architectural Interest: its design is elegant with restrained detail at each stage

History

Swineshead War Memorial was dedicated on Sunday 7th November 1920, at a service held in the nearby St Mary's Church. It stands in the middle of the Market Place close to the site of a C14 cross base and C18 stocks, entered under one List entry at Grade II. The plaques carry fifty names of those who died in World War I, and a further nine were added after World War II. Recently four other names have been added to the memorial, three that were missed after WW1 and one for WW2.

Details

War Memorial; dedicated in 1920; designed by Mr Bond of Grantham and built by Maxeys of Sleaford.

MATERIALS: limestone (possibly Barnack stone) with slate plaques.

PLAN: the cross has an octagonal base and shaft.

DESCRIPTION: from the octagonal base three steps rise to a tall octagonal plinth, around the top of which is crenellated detail. The plinth supports a slender tapering shaft surmounted by a calvary. At the top of each of the eight panels around the plinth are shields, below five of which are slate plaques, one of which is engraved with an inscription which reads IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914-1918 WHO STAND IF FREEDOM FALL WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE. The remainder are inscribed with the names of those who died in both world wars.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 23 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/103545
War Memorials Register, accessed 23 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20510

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.