Norwell War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 2019. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Norwell War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- white-transept-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Norwell War Memorial is a war memorial created by G Brown and Son of Newark, unveiled in 1921. It is dedicated to those who fell in the First and Second World Wars and the Malayan Emergency.
The memorial is made of rough-hewn granite and features a Celtic cross on a tapered plinth with a single step. The front (north) side of the shaft and plinth has a painted inscription that reads: 1914 – 1919 / ERECTED / BY PUBLIC / SUBSCRIPTION / IN MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO COUNTED NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR / UNTO THEMSELVES, BUT DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, TRUTH AND PEACE. The rear (south) side is inscribed with: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945 / O VALIANT HEARTS WHO TO YOUR / GLORY CAME / (NAME) / 1952 / MALAYA. The memorial is located within the churchyard of the Church of St Laurence, which is listed at Grade I, and is within the boundary wall of the churchyard, which is listed at Grade II.
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- No EPC on record for this property
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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