Spalding War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the gardens of Ayscoughfee

Hall in Spalding, Lincolnshire, in eastern England. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The
proposal originated with Barbara McLaren; her husband Francis McLaren, the town's member of
parliament, was killed during the war. Lutyens produced a plan for a cross in a grand
memorial cloister surrounding a circular pond. The memorial was to be built in the hall's formal
gardens, which were owned by the local council. After a public meeting and a vote in 1919, a
reduced-scale version emerged as the preferred option. The memorial consists of a brick pavilion at
the south end of the garden and a Stone of Remembrance, both at the head of a long reflecting
pool (pictured). The design was not used in any of Lutyens's other war memorials but it influenced
several of his cemeteries on the Western Front. The memorial was unveiled at a ceremony on 9
June 1922, and is a Grade I listed building. (Full article...)
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