| Parish/District | Claypole/South Kesteven |
| Location | c. 5m SE of the S transept of St Peter’s church |
| Category | Churchyard cross |
| National Grid Ref | SK 84564 48978 |
| Designation | Scheduled / Listed II |
| Stone type | Limestone |
| Refs | Davies, Lincs N & Q Vol 12 | AP Survey 15 Dec 1993 |
| Visits | AP: 15 Dec 1993 | DS: 18 May 1999 | DS/HH: 5 July 2011 |
The cross is located c. 5m SE of the S transept of St Peter’s church, Claypole. It has been restored as a war memorial using surviving fragments of a medieval cross. Davies, writing in 1912, gives a description of what was present before restoration: Two steps, the base and a portion of the shaft remain. The lowest step is made up of loose stones. The next step is one block of stone measuring 37 ins. sq. by 7 ins. deep. On this rests an octagonal base 25 inches in diameter at the top, and 18½ inches in height. The octagonal shaft is 32½ ins. long, and 7 ins. sq. near the base.
Our survey in July 2011 recorded an octagonal cross base tapering at its top, with a later (thinner) shaft with cross set into it as a War Memorial. It is set on two steps (the steps look part of the WM restoration). The first step looks possibly original except for the slab which has the engraved inscription. The socket stone is 0.47m high and is c. 0.62 x 0.62m across. The restored shaft is 1.67m high – square at the base, chamfered to octagonal. The old socket in the stone was c. 0.23 x 0.27m – the shaft is only c. 0.18m square and is set in the socket with a lot of cement! The lower part of the shaft (c. 0.75m) looks original, the rest is restored.
The inscription on the second step reads: This cross was restored to commemorate the Great War 1914-1918.
The modern cross head is an ornate crucifix.
