Cheadle War Memorial, High Street, Cheadle, Stockport

The Cheadle War Memorial, located on High Street in Cheadle, Stockport, commemorates the soldiers who fell during the First and Second World Wars. Designed in the inter-war period by an unknown designer, it is made of white granite and features bronze plaques.

The memorial consists of a rough-hewn, rock-faced white granite obelisk that stands on a large, squared pedestal with tapering sides and a chamfered top. This pedestal is supported by a deeply chamfered plinth. On the front face of the pedestal, there is a bronze plaque bordered with a Greek key design. This plaque features a relief inscription that reads "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919," accompanied by a relief laurel wreath with the name "CHEADLE" in the center. Below this, the inscription includes Psalm 102, verse 18: "THIS SHALL BE WRITTEN FOR THOSE THAT COME AFTER AND THE / PEOPLE WHICH SHALL BE BORN SHALL PRAISE THE LORD."

The left and right faces of the pedestal each display a large, inset, rectangular bronze plaque with a Greek key border that lists the names of the men who died in the First World War in raised lettering. The rear face features a similar bronze plaque that records those who died in the Second World War, including eight names under the title "AIR RAID VICTIMS."

Surrounding the memorial is a low, square fence made of rough-hewn granite posts at each corner, with lower central posts linked by chains.