Surfleet War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 2022. War memorial.
Surfleet War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- wild-gable-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 2022
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, erected in 1921 in the form of a freestanding stone cross memorial, with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: built of Lincolnshire Clipsham limestone on the lines of the Medieval Wayside Calvary and features slate panels on which the writing is incised.
PLAN: the memorial stands at about 17ft in height. It features a two-foot square pillar base, which is mounted on three steps. The base is surmounted by an octagonal hollow chambered shaft, which is topped by an embattled capital, on which stands a cross. The cross measures about 5100mm in height, 1140mm in width, and 1140mm in depth.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located near the north west corner of St Lawrence’s Churchyard. The base features two slate tablets, the front one bearing the inscription: ‘PARISHIONERS OF SURFLEET WHO/ FELL IN THE WAR 1914-1918/ NAMES’
To the side of the base is a second, smaller, slate tablet, featuring the inscription: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN MEMORY OF THE / MEN WHO FELL IN THE WAR / 1939 1945 / NAMES.’
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