Sutton St Nicholas War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 2019. War memorial.

Sutton St Nicholas War Memorial

WRENN ID: scarred-mullion-grain
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Country: England
Date first listed: 20 March 2019
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, 1919.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside location just inside the main entrance to the churchyard, close to the Church of St Nicholas (Grade II*) and within the same churchyard as the base of a churchyard cross (Grade II) and the Spencer monument (Grade II).

The memorial comprises a stone Celtic wheel-head cross on a tapering rectangular plinth with a two-stepped base. The face of the cross is decorated with relief-carved interlace.

The main inscription in leaded lettering on the front of the plinth reads: IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE/ SEVEN SUTTON HEROES/ WHO FELL IN OUR VICTORIOUS/ WAR WITH GERMANY 1914–1919/ (7 NAMES)/ “THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT”/ ECCLES. 44.13/ (ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS, 1919).

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