Totley War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: granite cross, gritstone walls, and bronze plaques.

DESCRIPTION: Totley War Memorial consists of a plain granite Latin cross, with a punched surface finish, on a three-stepped base. The memorial stands on a D-plan paved courtyard and is enclosed by low quarry-faced rubble walls, with ridged coping stones. A continuous wall encloses the sides and the rear of the courtyard; the section immediately to the rear of the memorial rises in height to form a reredos, with two bronze plaques set within. The left hand plaque, bears the inscription in relief: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (NAMES decorated with lengths of Celtic knot to infill line space)/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. The less elaborate right hand plaque reads IN REMEMBRANCE/ (NAMES)/ 1939 1945. The two ends of the wall terminate in ashlar posts, with moulded cornices and pyramidal cap stones. Two lengths of shouldered walling descend from the posts, to form the front wall, which has a central opening, flanked by two shorter posts of a similar design.