Wharton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 2016. War memorial.
Wharton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- muffled-ledge-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wharton War Memorial is located in the churchyard of Christ Church, to the north-west of the church. It stands approximately 5 meters tall and is made of Darley stone and timber, designed in the form of a hooded Calvary. The wooden crucifixion scene rises from the moulded foot of the cross head, which is supported by a slender octagonal shaft. Each side of the wooden shaft features a very narrow blind Gothic arch. The moulded foot of the cross shaft rests on a low stone octagonal pedestal, which is elevated on a large stone octagonal plinth that stands on a three-stepped base.
On the front face of the pedestal, the inscription reads "GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS." Below, on the plinth, the main dedicatory inscription states, "NEARLY 500 MEN/ FROM THE PARISH OF WHARTON/ SERVED KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-19./ OF THESE/ 78 LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US,/ WHO, WITH LOVE AND REVERENCE/ ERECT THIS CROSS/ TO THEIR GLORIOUS MEMORY." The names of those commemorated are listed on the other face of the plinth.
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