Churchyard Walls, Gate And War Memorial

NU 2406 WARKWORTH DIAL PLACE (North end)

21/304 Churchyard walls, gate and War Memorial GV II

Churchyard walls, gate and war memorial. Wall probably mostly C18, incorporating some earlier fabric; gates early C19; war memorial c.1920 by M.H. Graham and H. Honeyman, moved to present site c.1960. Wall squared stone; gates wrought iron; war memorial ashlar and bronze.

South wall 1.5 metres high with flat slab coping ramped up at either side of gate near west end; square piers, with plinth and moulded pyramidal caps; holding double gates with patterned half-rail, downswept top rail and spear- topped bars. Incurved section of wall at south-west corner behind war memorial: stepped base has added plaque with 1939-45 names below plaque with names of 1914-18 war dead in keyed surround; frieze and top block, with bronze roundel and laurel sprays, and cornice. West wall has small gate near centre, also jambs of blocked gateway and two blocked arches further north. On north of churchyard is 1.5-metre high retaining wall, battered in profile. East wall has small gate near centre; north part incorporates end wall of former tithe barn (converted into cottages c.1900) with 2 slit vents and outline of original gable visible.

Included for group value.

Listing NGR: NU2465706197

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, 9 February 2017.