LNWR and LMS Crewe Tranship Shed War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 2020. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
LNWR and LMS Crewe Tranship Shed War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- iron-steel-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial of 1925 with Second World War additions, relocated in 1999.
MATERIALS: buff sandstone.
DESCRIPTION: standing on stone flags within the footprint of the former Christ Church, the tower of which is grade II-listed.
The memorial takes the form of a stone slab with shallow pyramidal capital over a dentilled cornice, and a moulded three-stepped foot, standing on a single square step. The principal (south) face of the memorial has labels in the upper corners, carved with flowers in low relief, above a laurel wreath carved in relief. Below this the incised inscription reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD,/ AND TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING MEN/ FROM THE CREWE TRANSHIP SHED,/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918./ (20 NAMES)/ 1939 – 1945/ (5 NAMES).
The returns of the slab each have a cross in low relief.
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