Rennington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 2016. War memorial.
Rennington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- salt-grate-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The c3m tall memorial stands in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church (not listed), to the north-west of the church tower. It takes the form of a wheel-head cross in sandstone from Denwick Quarry. The cross shaft rises from a tapering pedestal, which stands on a two-stage base.
The principal dedicatory inscription to the front face of the pedestal reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. The commemorated names are listed on the front face of the upper stage of the base, below which on the lower stage is recorded THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE/ INHABITANTS OF RENNINGTON AND DISTRICT.
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, 23 February 2017.
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