Deeping St Nicholas war memorial

Churchyard to St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

First World War Memorial, 1921, with later additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1433267
Date first listed:: 22-Mar-2016
List Entry Name:: Deeping St Nicholas war memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard to St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET

The Missing Pieces Project

Share your view of unique places.

Add your contribution

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions.

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1433267
Date first listed:: 22-Mar-2016
List Entry Name:: Deeping St Nicholas war memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard to St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET
Statutory Address 2:: St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard to St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET
Statutory Address:: St Nicholas Church, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ET

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

County:: Lincolnshire
District:: South Holland (District Authority)
Parish:: Deeping St. Nicholas
National Grid Reference:: TF2165416178

Summary

First World War Memorial, 1921, with later additions.

Reasons for Designation

Deeping St Nicholas War Memorial, unveiled in 1921, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Design interest: its position, well-proportioned design and imposing height make it a striking presence on the approach to the church; * Group value: with the church of St Nicholas, which is listed at Grade II.

History

An unveiling and dedication service for Deeping St Nicholas War Memorial took place in the churchyard of St Nicholas Church on 31 March 1921. The service was conducted by the vicar, the Revd William Benson and the memorial was unveiled by Mr William Porter, a local farmer and landowner. The number of names recorded of those soldiers who died in the First World War is 31, with 4 added for the Second World War, and one for the Korean War of 1950-1953.

Details

The war memorial is set in the churchyard of the church of St Nicholas (Grade II), to the south-west of the path as it approaches the north door. Constructed of Portland stone, it consists of a rectangular sectioned tapering shaft rising from a two tier plinth on a three stepped pedestal standing on a square base. The shaft is surmounted by a wheel cross, and on the side of the shaft facing the church is a three quarter length relief carving of St George with a crusaders sword. At the base of the shaft on this side the following text is inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THESE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The names of those who died in the First and Second World Wars are inscribed on the faces of the top tier of the plinth; the single name of the casualty of the Korean War is inscribed on the lower tier.

Sources

Websites
Roll of Honour:Lincolnshire , accessed 11th Feb 2016 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lincolnshire/DeepingStNicholas.html
War Memorials Register, accessed 11th Feb 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/42990

Legal

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

The listed building is shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map: a tapering shaft rising from a two tier plinth on a three stepped pedestal standing on a square base) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.