Skellingthorpe War Memorial

Churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, Lower Church Road, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, LN6 5UZ

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First World War memorial, created by masons M Tuttell and Son of Lincoln and unveiled on 22 May 1920, with further names added after the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1440929
Date first listed:: 07-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Skellingthorpe War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, Lower Church Road, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, LN6 5UZ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1440929
Date first listed:: 07-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Skellingthorpe War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, Lower Church Road, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, LN6 5UZ

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

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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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Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, Lower Church Road, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, LN6 5UZ

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

County:: Lincolnshire
District:: North Kesteven (District Authority)
Parish:: Skellingthorpe
National Grid Reference:: SK9258872111

Summary

First World War memorial, created by masons M Tuttell and Son of Lincoln and unveiled on 22 May 1920, with further names added after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Skellingthorpe War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: a simple yet dignified Cornish granite wheel-head cross; * Designer: by masons M Tuttell and Son of Lincoln whose company erected many war memorials throughout Lincolnshire; * Group value: with St Lawrence’s Church (Grade II).

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at Skellingthorpe as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

It was created by masons M Tuttell and Son of Lincoln whose company erected many war memorials throughout Lincolnshire including Boultham, Bracebridge, Canwick, Eagle, Hackthorn, Laceby, Lincoln, Martin, Skellingthorpe, Sturton by Stow, Tealby, Welton and Witham on the Hill. They also crafted numerous war memorials in churches, chapels, schools and public buildings.

Following a short dedication service conducted by the vicar Revd Thomas Hamilton assisted by the Revd Marshal Johnson (Wesleyan of Lincoln) the memorial was unveiled by Lt Col Edmund Royds OBE MP of Holycross, Caythorpe on 22 May 1920. It commemorates 19 local servicemen who fell during the First World War. Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate the five fallen of that conflict.

Details

MATERIALS: Cornish granite.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located within the churchyard of St Lawrence’s Church. It consists of a wheel-head cross set on top of a tapering square shaft. The shaft rises from a trapezoid shape plinth which sits on a two-stepped square base.

The front face of the plinth carries the dedication for the First World War and reads: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE/ MEN OF SKELLINGTHORPE WHO/ DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES).

The base of the shaft is incised IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939 – 1945.

Sources

Books and journals
Credland, M, The First World War Memorials of Lincolnshire, (2014)
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 Oct 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/166031
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 Oct 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/54162

Legal

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