Bitteswell War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 2019. War memorial.
Bitteswell War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-groin-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, built in around 1920.
MATERIALS: sandstone; Portland stone
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located on the churchyard wall of the Grade II*-listed Church of St Mary, beside a path leading to the church. It comprises a moulded sandstone surround with stepped and pedimented coping, and a moulded cornice with a central relief-carved laurel wreath below. The surround frames an incised Portland stone tablet mounted on a slate panel. The memorial is on a moulded base with flanking supports.
The inscription is in incised lettering and reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919/ followed by the 18 names of those who fell. At the bottom of the tablet is incised R.I.P. / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
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