Weston under Penyard War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 2019. War memorial.
Weston under Penyard War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- unlit-arch-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial, erected in about 1920; altered by the addition of further names following the Second World War.
MATERIALS Rough-faced granite.
DESCRIPTION The memorial takes the form of a Cross of Sacrifice: a plain, Latin cross with a sword incised into the east face. The cross is set on a tapering shaft on a slightly tapering square pedestal with a four-stepped base.
The main inscription in white lettering on a bronze panel attached to the east face of the plinth reads: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914–1918./ (23 NAMES)/ “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE” ECCLUS. 44.14.
A further inscription in white lettering on a bronze panel attached to the second step of the platform reads: ALSO IN THE WAR 1939–1945/ (9 NAMES).
Detailed Attributes
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