Orleton War Memorial

MATERIALS: constructed of stone.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial consists of a Celtic style Latin wheel cross. The cross is surmounted on a two-stepped base into which the memorial inscription panels are set, the lettering incised and painted. The inscription to the east face of the upper panel reads:

1914-1918 / IN MEMORY OF / ORLETON MEN

and below are listed the names of the fifteen men who died in the First World War. To the south face of the upper panel the inscription reads:

1939 – 1945 / IN MEMORY OF

and lists the name of one man who died in the Second World War.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the memorial is enclosed by a rubble stone wall surmounted by wrought-iron railings with spear heads to the front and modern railings to the rear. The memorial is accessed via a wrought-iron gate between two stone gate piers with ashlar upper sections and pyramidal caps, and approached by steps.