Monkhopton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.

Monkhopton War Memorial

WRENN ID: still-sill-magpie
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Shropshire
Country: England
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

A First World War memorial of 1921, restored in 2000.

MATERIALS: a stone base (a former cider press) with an oak cross and a bronze plaque.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial takes the form of a circular roughhewn base and plinth with tooling, an inverted re-used cider press. The restored oak shaft rises to a simple Latin cross. The shaft has carved detailing.

The front face of the plinth has a plaque which reads IN MEMORY OF/ SYDNEY DOWNES . ARTHUR EDWARDS/ AND OF ALL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ TO SAVE THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. Above, fixed to the base of the cross shaft is a modern metal plaque which reads IN HONOUR OF THOSE/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ THIS RESTORED CROSS/ WAS REDEDICATED ON/ SEPTEMBER 10TH 2000.

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