Ravenstone War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 2019. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Ravenstone War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- roaming-iron-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial, unveiled 1920; altered after the Second World War. The memorial stands in the Ravenstone Conservation Area.
MATERIALS: Weldon Stone, Swithland Slate.
DESCRIPTION: Ravenstone War memorial is located in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels Church, Ravenstone (Grade II* listed). It comprises a stylised floriated cross on a slender, tapering octagonal sectioned shaft standing on a square sectioned plinth. The plinth stands on a two-stepped square base.
The front of the memorial has been carved with the inscription IN/ GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF THE/ UNRETURNING/ BRAVE/ 1914 1919 The other three faces of the plinth contain Swithland slate tablets with the names of the 28 fallen from the First World War.
The top step has been inset with Swithland slate commemorating the five names of those who fell in the Second World War on the upper surface of the step, and the inscription WE WILL REMEMBER THEM on the face of the step.
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