West Rainton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 2015. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
West Rainton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- vast-bailey-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial stands on North Street, on the northern edge of the churchyard of the church of St Mary (Grade II*). It comprises a large rough-hewn granite monolith set on a large plinth. The front face of the monolith is carved in the form of a scroll, the polished surface carrying the inscription IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919./ (60 NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (12 NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN.
The memorial stands above a rendered, coped, retaining wall and is approached from street level by a rake of seven sandstone steps.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 7 February 2017.
Detailed Attributes
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