Bracebridge Heath War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 2022. War memorial.

Bracebridge Heath War Memorial

WRENN ID
seventh-lancet-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Kesteven
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 2022
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed with Clipsham stone. The cross stands on a two-stepped plinth, featuring dark grey slate plaques, on which the commemoration is written in gold text.

PLAN: the memorial features a two stepped square base, above which is a two-stepped plinth, a tapered shaft, and a stone cross.

DESCRIPTION: Bracebridge Heath war memorial stands at 16ft in height and is surmounted by a Gothic cross.

The memorial frontage inscribed with following: ‘1939-1945’ on top plinth, with ‘To the Glorious Memory of the men from/ Bracebridge Heath, who lost their lives/ in the great war/ 1914-1918/ Faithful unto Death’ on the lower plinth.

The upper panels feature the names of those lost in the Second World War, with the South East side reading: ‘NAMES.' The lower panels commemorate the residents of Bracebridge Heath who passed in the First World War, with the South East and North Wester lower panels reading: ‘NAMES.'

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