Fishtoft War Memorial
Fishtoft Road, Fishtoft, Lincolnshire, PE21 0QX
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433499
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Fishtoft War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Fishtoft Road, Fishtoft, Lincolnshire, PE21 0QX
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433499
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Fishtoft War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Fishtoft Road, Fishtoft, Lincolnshire, PE21 0QX
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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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Fishtoft Road, Fishtoft, Lincolnshire, PE21 0QX
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- Boston (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Fishtoft
- National Grid Reference:
- TF3620042384
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Fishtoft War Memorial, which stands on Fishtoft Road, 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 local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a tall and ornate memorial cross.
History
Fishtoft War Memorial was unveiled on 5 June 1920. It was constructed by the local memorial masons Messrs Browning and Sons of Spilsby, at a cost of c£250. The unveiling was attended by relatives, parishioners, local dignitaries, ex-servicemen and local clergy. An address was given by Major OB Giles. The memorial commemorates not only those 11 local servicemen who died during the First World War but also those six who were wounded and disabled, and the surviving 67 who served.
An additional stone was added to the memorial to include the names of those six men and one woman who died during the Second World War. In 2010 Fishtoft Parish council funded repair work of £5,500, which included re-lettering, cleaning and minor repairs to cracks in the stonework.
Details
DESCRIPTION: Fishtoft War Memorial stands within a fenced area to the south-east of Fishtoft Playing Fields, adjacent to Fishtoft Road. It is constructed of local Clipsham stone in the form of a spired obelisk with a cross on the top, similar in design to war memorials by the same masons at Stickney and East Kirkby.
The memorial stands on a concrete platform and has an octagonal two-stepped base, with an additional prism-shaped stone set against the top step on the southern side for the Second World War inscription. Rising from the base is a four-sided plinth with canted top, on which stands the obelisk. The obelisk, square on plan, has octagonal columns against the four corners, each with an elaborate foliate capital, supporting a moulded arch forming a blind arcade to each side of the plinth. Rising from this is a tapering four-sided spire, topped by a foliate capital and a plain Latin cross.
The memorial includes the names of both those who died in the First World War, inscribed in black lettering on the southern face of the obelisk, and also those who served and returned, inscribed on the remaining three faces.
(south face) TO THE GLORY OF GOD &/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO LAID/ DOWN THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (11 NAMES)/ WOUNDED AND DISABLED/ (6 NAMES)/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS/ FRIENDS”.
On the other three faces the inscription reads IN/ HONOUR OF THOSE WHO/ ALSO SERVED (NAMES). The Second World War inscription reads ALSO TO THOSE WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (7 NAMES).
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: A wrought iron basket* is attached to the base on the eastern side of the memorial.
* Pursuant to S.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.
Sources
Books and journals
Credland, M, The First World War Memorials of Lincolnshire, (2014), 20, 83
Websites
Fishtoft Parish Council, accessed 30/01/2016 from http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Fishtoft/section.asp?docId=93270
War Memorials Register, accessed 15/02/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/63942
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/149856
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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