Navenby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 2025. War memorial.
Navenby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-gravel-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 2025
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial, dating to 1921, designed by Messrs George Maile and Sons Ltd of London, with later addition for the Second World War.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is constructed of Cornish granite with leaded lettering. The memorial is square in plan. It stands to the south-east end of the Church of St Peter (National Heritage List for England entry 1147458, Grade I).
The memorial is in the form of a tall Celtic cross, rough-hewn, with a crusader sword carved on its east face. The cross sits on a rough-hewn pyramidal plinth, and two step base.
There are three inscriptions, in leaded lettering set into polished sections of the stonework. These are on the east and south faces of the memorial and read:
East face, bottom of the cross shaft: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ East face, base: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THESE MEN OF NAVENBY/ WHO DIED FOR YOU IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ (22 names in two columns) South face, base: 1939-1945 / (eight names in two columns)
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